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276 ELIZABETH OAKES SMITH THE RECALL, OR SOUL MELODY NOR dulcimer nor harp shall breathe. Their melody for me; Within my secret soul be wrought A holier minstrelsy! Descend into thy depths, oh soul And every sense in me control. Thou hast no voice for outward mirth, Whose purer strains arise From those that steal from crystal gates, The hymnings of the skies; And well may earth's cold jarrings cease, When such have soothed thee unto peace. Within thy secret chamber rest, And back each sense recall, That seeketh 'mid the tranquil stars Where melody shall fall; Call home the wanderer from the vale, From mountain and the moonlight pale. Within the leafy wood, the sound Of dropping rain may ring, Which, rolling from the trembling leaf, Falls on the sparrow's wing; And music round the waking flower May breathe in every star-lit bower: Yet, come away! nor stay to hear The breathings of a voice Whose subtle tones awake a thrill To make thee to rejoice, And vibrate on the listening ear, Too deep, too earnest, ah, too dear. ELIZABETH OAKES SMITH 277 Yes, come away, and inward turn Each thought and every sense, For sorrow lingers from without, Thou canst not charm it thence; But all attuned the soul may be, Unto a deathless melody. THE APRIL RAIN. THE April rain! the April rain! I hear the pleasant sound, Now soft and still, like gentle dew, Now drenching all the ground. Pray tell me why an April shower Is pleasanter to see Than falling drops of other rain? I'm sure it is to me. I wonder if 't is really so, Or only Hope, the while, That tells of swelling buds and flowers, And Summer's coming smile: Whate'er it is, the April shower Makes me a child again; I feel a rush of youthful blood, As falls the April rain. And sure, were I a little bulb, Within the darksome ground, I should love to hear the April rain So softly falling round; Or any tiny flower were I, By Nature swaddled up, How pleasantly the April shower Would bathe my hidden cup! 24
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