5. And with her graceful wit there was inwrought A mildly-sweet unworldliness of thought. CAMPBELL. 6. A spirit pure as hers Is always pure, even while it errs,- MOORE. 7. As the stain'd web, that whitens in the sun, Grows pure by being purely shone upon. MOORE'S Lalla Rookh. 8. Hope may sustain, and innocence impart Her sweet specific to the fearless heart. CHARLES SPRAGUE. INSECT. 1. The careful bee amidst his work I view Now from the flowers exhaust the fragrant dew; 2. The spider, of mechanic kind, Aspir'd to science more refin'd. GAY's Rural Sports. GAY's Fables. 3. I'd be a butterfly born in a bower, 4. The harmless locust of the western clime, T. H. BAYLY. CARLOS WILCOX. 5. The russet grasshopper at times is heard, Snapping his many wings, as half he flies, Half hovers in the air. CARLOS WILCOX. 6. Beside the stream, collected in a flock, 7. CARLOS WILCOX. CARLOS WILCOX. The butterfly, That seem'd a living blossom of the air. 8. The dandy of the summer flowers and woods. 9. Thou sweet musician, that around my bed Dost nightly come, and wind thy little horn, By what unseen and secret influence led, Feed'st thou my ear with music till the morn ? SIMMS. EDWARD SANFORD. 10. Our veins' pure juices were not made for thee, Thou living, singing, stinging atomy. EDWARD SANFORD. 352 INSTINCT-SENSES. INSTINCT - SENSES. 1. The power is Sense, which from abroad doth bring The quantity and shape of everything, DAVIES' Immortality of the Soul. 2. And though things sensible be numberless, But only five the Senses' organs be, And in these five all things their forms express Which we can touch, taste, smell, or hear, or see. DAVIES' Immortality of the Soul. 3. If we had nought but sense, each living wight, Which we call brute, would be more sharp than we, As having sense's apprehensive might In a more clear and excellent degree. DAVIES' Immortality of the Soul. 4. Lastly, nine things to sight requir'd are; The power to see, the light, the visible thing, DAVIES' Immortality of the Soul. 5. These wickets of the soul are plac'd on high, That it the organ may more gently touch.. DAVIES' Immortality of the Soul. 6. And yet good sense doth purify the brain, Awake the fancy, and the wits refine; Hence old devotion incense did ordain, To make men's spirits apt for thoughts divine. DAVIES' Immortality of the Soul. 7. By touch the first pure qualities we learn, 8. Which quicken all things - hot, cold, moist and dry; DAVIES' Immortality of the Soul. Here streams ascend, That in mix'd fumes the wrinkled nose offend. 9. In the nice bee what sense, so subtly true, GAY's Trivia. From poisonous herbs extracts the healing dew? POPE'S Essay on Man. 10. Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; POPE's Essay on Man. 11. Reason raise o'er instinct as you can, In this 't is God directs, in that 't is man. 12. Tell me why the ant POPE. 'Mid summer's plenty, thinks of winter's want? 13. Evil like us they shun, and covet good; Abhor the poison, and receive the food ;- PRIOR. PRIOR. 354 INTELLECT - INTENTION, &c. 14. Reason's progressive, Instinct is complete; Swift Instinct leaps; slow Reason feebly climbs. YOUNG's Night Thoughts. 15. The meaner tribe the coming storm foresees; The New Timon. INTELLECT. - (See GENIUS.) INTENTION. (See DESIGN.) JAIL.- (See IMPRISONMENT.) JEALOUSY - SUSPICION. 1. Foul jealousy! thou turnest love divine To joyless dread, and mak'st the loving heart SPENSER'S Fairy Queen. |