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re; Groves with a stillness sweet, With cheering and cooling shades, Where from its cares the race May rest in the leafy glades. Sing me a song, O, Wind, Of birds with a plumage gay, That with their carols sweet Give praise to the God of day; Music of sad refrain, Though fond in its tender chime, Thou in thy travels wide Hast heard in a fairy clime. Sing me a song, O, Wind, Of crystalline brooks at play, Which with the murmurs low Make sweetest of sounds all day; Winding through meadows wide, And blossoming fields between, Fringed with the willows tall On emerald banks of green. Sing me a song, O, Wind, Of flowers that are fond and fair, Filling the fields of earth With beauty and fragrance rare; Wafting an incense pure On every breeze that blows, Drawn from the lily's heart And soul of the royal rose. Sing me a song, O, Wind, Of man in his brightest homes; Tell if he there meet joy, Wherever his longing roams; Tell if there's e'er a place Where, all his ambition spent, He toils throughout all his days And knoweth no discontent. Sing me a song, O, Wind, For I am a-weary now; Life, with its woes and cares, Hangs heavily on my brow; Sing me a song of cheer, My heart that is sad to ease; Sing in thy brightness and joy With heavenly harmonies! A CHRISTMAS CAROL. The brazen bells of laughing lands In swelling echoes wildly ring, And over seas and hoary strands This Christmas carol sing. "Awaken, O, heart of the race, To bountiful riches from Eden above, Till roses of beauty and lilies of grace Shall sweeten the languishing bosom with love; Till virulent sorrow and venomous hate Their poisonous curses of misery cease, And rapturous fortune, felicitous fate, Have rule in the musical meadows of peace. "The voices of morning to men, In passionate whispers of bounteous glee, Are pulsing the gladness of Christmas again O'er plains of the prairie and sounds of the sea; Rejoice and be happy, O, languishing soul, In limitless treasures of marvelous cheer, Till ravishing murmurs of lullabies roll Through all of the sorrows that sadden the year! "Though summer has gone from the earth, And silken embraces of velvety snow Are folding the blossoms of beauty and worth
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