Charles Timothy Brooks (1813–1883)

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 the 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.