Charles T. Brooks （b. 1813,d. 1833） was born at Salem,Mass.and was the valedictorian of his class at Harvard College,where he graduated in 1832. He shortly afterwards entered the ministry,and had charge of a congregation at Newport,R.I. He was a great student of German literature,and began his own literary career by a translations of Schiller‘s "William Tell." This was followed by numerous translations from the German,mainly poetry,which have been published from time ttime,in several volumes. Of these translations,Goethe’s "Faust," Richter‘s "Titan" and "Hesperus," and a humorous poem by Dr. Karl Arnold Kortum,"The Life,Opinions,Actions,and Fate of Hieronimus Jobs,the Candidate," deserve especial mention. Mr. Brooks alspublished a number of original poems,addresses,etc.
1.A voice from the sea tthe mountains,From the mountains again tthe sea;A call from the deep tthe fountains,- "spirit! be glad and be free."
2.A cry from the floods tthe fountains;And the torrents repeat the glad songAs they leap from the breast of the mountains,- "spirit! be free and be strong."
3.The pine forests thrill with emotion Of praise,as the spirit sweeps by:With a voice like the murmur of ocean Tthe soul of the listener they cry.
4.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.