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First Line: Amidst the thrilling leaves, thy voice
Last Line: And not to be afraid!
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): God


AMIDST the thrilling leaves, Thy voice
At evening's fall drew near;
Father! and did not man rejoice
That blessed sound to hear?

Did not his heart within him burn,
Touched by the solemn tone?
Not so! -- for, never to return,
Its purity was gone.

Therefore, midst holy stream and bower,
His spirit shook with dread,
And called the cedars, in that hour,
To veil his conscious head.

Oh! in each wind, each fountain-flow,
Each whisper of the shade,
Grant me, my God! Thy voice to know
And not to be afraid!





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