TO THE RIVER CHARLES. RIVER! that in silence windest Through the meadows, bright and free. Till at length thy rest thou findest In the bosom of the sea ! Four long years of mingled feeling, Thou has taught me, Silent River ! Many a lesson, deep and long; Thou hast been a generous giver; I can give thee but a song. Oft in sadness and in illness, I have watched thy current glide, Till the beauty of its stillness And in better hours and brighter, I have felt my heart beat lighter, Not for this alone I love thee, Nor because, thy waves of blue From celestial seas above thee Take their own celestial hue. Where yon shadowy woodlands hide thee, And thy waters disappear, Friends I love have dwelt beside thee, More than this;— thy name reminds me Of three friends, all true and tried ; And that name, like magic, binds me Closer, closer to thy side. Friends my soul with joy remembers! On the hearth-stone of my heart! 'T is for this, thou Silent River! That my spirit leans to thee; Thou hast been a generous giver, Take this idle song from me. BLIND BARTIMEUS. BLIND Bartimeus at the gates He hears the crowd; he hears a breath Say, "It is Christ of Nazareth!” And calls, in tones of agony, ̓Ιησοῦ, ἐλέησόν με! The thronging multitudes increase ; Then saith the Christ, as silent stands The crowd, "What wilt thou at my hands?" And he replies, "O give me light! Rabbi, restore the blind man's sight! And Jesus answers, Ὕπαγε· Η πίστις σου σέσωκέ σε! Ye that have eyes, yet cannot see, In darkness and in misery, Recall those mighty Voices Three, Θάρσει, ἔγειραι, ὕπαγε! Η πίστις σου σέσωκέ σε |