THE TEMPLE OF EGINA.

BY JAMES M'HENRY.

WHEN at the mellow eve of summer day,
We watch, o'er western hills, the fading ray,
Touch'd with the influence of the soften'd scene,
Beside some murmuring rill or flowery green,
To fairy realms the fancy takes its flight,
And lifts the soul to visions of delight;

A sweet oblivion to each sense is given,

We breathe in bliss, and earth is changed to heaven!

So warm'd with glories of the classic page,
The heart delights in Græcia's golden age,
When she display'd those matchless powers of mind
That shed unfading lustre o'er mankind.
Backward we look on that illustrious time,
When genius wooed each muse in beauty's clime,
In glory's fields when patriot heroes fought,
In wisdom's halls when reverend sages taught,
When arts triumphant charm'd th' admiring throng,
And bards made vocal every grove with song.

THE TEMPLE OF EGINA.

BY JAMES M'HENRY.

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