<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=391536" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Introductory Verses</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">OH! blest art thou, whose steps may rove<br>Through the green paths of vale and grove,<br>Or, leaving all their charms below, <br>Climb the wild mountain's airy brow; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And gaze afar o'er cultured plains, <br>And cities with their stately fanes, <br>And forests, that beneath thee lie, <br>And ocean mingling with the sky. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">For man can show thee nought so fair, <br>As Nature's varied marvels there; <br>And if thy pure and artless breast<br>Can feel their grandeur, thou art blest! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">For thee the stream in beauty flows, <br>For thee the gale of summer blows,<br>And, in deep glen and wood-walk free, <br>Voices of joy still breathe for thee. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But happier far, if then thy soul<br>Can soar to Him who made the whole,<br>If to thine eye the simplest flower<br>Portray His bounty and His power. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">If, in whate'er is bright or grand, <br>Thy mind can trace His viewless hand, <br>If Nature's music bid thee raise<br>Thy song of gratitude and praise; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">If heaven and earth, with beauty fraught, <br>Lead to His throne thy raptured thought, <br>If there thou lov'st His love to read, <br>Then, wanderer, thou art blest indeed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Felicia+Dorothea+Hemans">Felicia Dorothea Hemans</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=391536" data-title="Introductory Verses de Felicia Dorothea Hemans" data-description="OH! blest art thou, whose steps may rove Through the green paths of vale and grove, Or, leaving all their charms below, Climb the wild mountain's airy brow; And gaze afar o'er cultured plains, And cities with their stately fanes, And forests,..."></div> </div> </div>

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