Fool, dost thou think he'd revel on the store, Absolve the care of Heav'n, nor ask for more? Though waters flow'd, flow'rs bloom'd, and Phoebus shone, He'd sigh, he'd murmur, that he was alone. For know, the Maker on the human breast, A sense of kindred, country, man, impress'd. 11 Though nature's works the ruling mind declare, And well deserve inquiry's serious care, The God, (whate'er misanthropy may say,) Shines, beams in man with most unclouded ray. What boots it thee to fly from pole to pole? Hang o'er the sun, and with the planets roll? What boots through space's furthest bourns to roam? If thou, O man, a stranger art at home. Then know thyself, the human mind survey; The use, the pleasure, will the toil repay. 12 Nor study only, practice what you know; Your life, your knowledge, to mankind you owe. With Plato's olive wreath the bays entwine; Those who in study, should in practice shine. Say, does the learned lord of Hagley's shade, Charm man so much by mossy fountains laid, As when arous'd, he stems corruption's course, And shakes the senate with a Tully's force? When freedom gasp'd beneath a Caesar's feet, Then public virtue might to shades retreat: But where she breathes, the least may useful be, And freedom, Britain, still belongs to thee. 13 Though man's ungrateful, or though fortune frown ; Is the reward of worth a song, or crown? Nor yet unrecompens'd are virtue's pains; Good Allen lives, and bounteous Brunswick reigns. On each condition disappointments wait, Enter the hut, and force the guarded gate. Nor dare repine, though early friendship bleed, From love, the world, and all its cares, he's freed. But know, adversity's the child of God: Whom Heaven approves of most, must feel her rod. * One of the accusers of Socrates. The good can never be unfortunate. CONTENTS. PART I. PIECES IN PROSE. CHAPTER I. Select Sentences and Paragraphs. CHAPTER II. Narrative Pieces. Sect. 1. No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind happy Sect. 1. The importance of a good education 4. Motives to the practice of gentleness 5. A suspicious temper the source of misery to its possessor 12. Rank and riches afford no ground for envy 13. Patience under provocations our interest as well as duty. 14. Moderation in our wishes recommended 15. Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity, the source of Sect. 1. Happiness is founded in rectitude of conduct 4. The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable on themselves 6. On the immortality of the soul Sect. 1. The seasons CHAPTER V. 8. Prosperity is redoubled to a good man 9. On the beauties of the Psalms 10. Character of Alfred, king of England Sect. 1. Trial and execution of the Earl of Strafford 2. An eminent instance of true fortitude of mind 5. Exalted society, and the renewal of virtuous connexions, two sources of future felicity 6. The clemency and amiable character of the patriarch Joseph S. The Apostle Paul's noble defence before Festus and Agrippa 4. Lord Mansfield's speech in the House of Lords, 1770, on the bill for preventing the delays of justice, by claiming the privi- Sect. 1. Earthquake at Calabria; in the year 1638 2. Letter from Pliny to Germinius. 3. Letter from Pliny to Marcellinus, on the death of an amiable 5. On the government of our thoughts 6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained passions 7. On the proper state of our temper with respect to one another 8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings, pronounced 10. Schemes of life often illusory, 11. The pleasures of virtuous sensibility, 14. The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively considered, 15. On the power of custom, and the uses to which it may be applied, 150 16. The pleasures resulting from a proper use of our faculties, 18. On the imperfection of that happiness which rests solely on 19. What are the real and solid enjoyments of human life, 21. Trust in the care of Providence recommended, 22. Piety and gratitude enliven prosperity, 23. Virtue, when deeply rooted, is not subject to the influence of PART II. PIECES IN POETRY. CHAPTER I. Select Sentences and Paragraphs. 24. The Speech of Fabricius, a Roman ambassador, to king Pyrrhus, 165 25. Character of James I. king of England, 26. Charles V. emperor of Germany, resigns his dominions, and, Narrative Pieces. 2. Verses in which the lines are of different length, 3. Verses containing exclamations, interrogations, and parentheses, 175 4. Cruelty to brutes censured, 5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chapter 6. The death of a good man a strong incentive to 8. Adams advice to Eve, to avoid temptation, 10. That philosophy, which stops at secondary causes, reproved, 100 11. Indignant sentiments on national prejudices and hatred; Sect. 1. The morning in summer, 2. Rural sounds, as well as rural sights, delightful, 4. Care of birds for their young, 5. Liberty and slavery contrasted, 6. Charity. A paraphrase on the 18th chapter of the Sect. 1. The hermit, CHAPTER IV. 7. Picture of a good man, 8. The pleasures of retirement, 9. The pleasure and benefit of an improved and well- Sect. 1. Ode to content, 2. The beggar's petition, · 5. Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, 6. Gratitude, 7. A man perishing in the snow; from whence reflec- & A morning hymn, 16. Conscience, 17. On an infant, CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. • 2. The shepherd and the philosopher, • 5. The Creator's works attest his greatness, 7. The pursuit of happiness often ill directed, 8. The fire-side, . 9. Providence vindicated in the present state of man, 10. Selfishness reproved, 11. Human frailty, 12. Ode to peace,. 13. Ode to adversity, 14. The Creation required to praise its Author, 15. The universal prayer,. 18. The cuckoo, 19. Day. A pastoral in three parts, 21. 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