IV.

THE YOUNG TEACHER.

Of wonders on the land and deeps She spoke, and glories in the sky-- The Eternal life the Father keeps, For those who learn from Him to die. So simply did the maiden speak-- So simply and so earnestly, You saw the light begin to break, And Soul the Heaven to see; You saw how slowly, day by day, The darksome waters caught the ray Confused and broken--come and gone-- The beams as yet uncertain are, But still the billows murmur on, And struggle for the star.