Classic Poem

A VOICE from the sea to the mountains,
—From the mountains again to the sea;
A call from the deep to the fountains:
—O spirit! be glad and be free!

A cry from the floods to the fountains,
—And the torrents repeat the glad song
As they leap from the breast of the mountains:
—O spirit! be free and be strong!

The pine forests thrill with emotion
—Of praise as the spirit sweeps by;
With a voice like the murmur of ocean
—To the soul of the listener they cry.

Oh, sing, human heart, like the fountains,
—With joy reverential and free;
Contented and calm as the mountains,
—And deep as the woods and the sea.