Enthusiasm and Other Poems

"Oh for the spirit which inspired of old, The seer's prophetic song—the voice that spake Through Israel's warrior king. The strains that burst In thrilling tones from Zion's heaven-strung harp, Float down the tide of ages, shedding light On pagan shores and nations far remote: Eternal as the God they celebrate, Their fame shall last when Time's long race is run, And you refulgent eye of this fair world,– Its light and centre,—into darkness shrinks, Eclipsed for ever by the glance of Him Whose rising sheds abroad eternal day…" 'Enthusiasm and Other Poems' is a collection of poems by Susanna Moodie, mostly themed on Biblical passages.