Tis never to be bought, but always free :

And, fled from monarchs, St. John! dwells with thee..
Ask of the learn'd the way. The learn'd are blind;
This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind:

Some place the bliss in action, some in ease,
Those call it pleasure, and contentment these;
Some sunk to beasts, find pleasure end in pains
Some swell'd to Gods confess ev'n virtue vain j
Or indolent, to each extreme they fall,
To trust in ev'ry thing, or doubt of all.

Who thus define it, say they more or less
Than this, that happiness is happiness?

Take nature's path, and mad opinions leave;
All states can reach it, and all heads conceive:
Obvious her goods, in no extreme they dwell;
1 here needs but thinking right, and meaning well.;
And mourn our various portions as we please,
Equal, is common sense, and common ease.

Remember man," the universal cause
"Acts not by partial, but by gen'ral laws;"
And makes what happiness we justly call
Subsist not in the good of one, but all.

-SECTION IV.

The goodnees of Providence.
THE Lord my pasture shall prepare,
And feed me with a shepherd's care;
His presence shall my wants supply,
And guard me with a watchful eye;
My noon-day walks he shall attend,
And all my midnight hours defend.
When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountains pant;
To fertile vales and dewy meads,
My weary wand'ring steps he leads:
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow,
Amid the verdant landscape flow.
Tho' in the paths of death I tread,
With gloomy horors overspread,
My steadfast heart shall fear no ill;
For thou, O Lord, ant with me still;
Thy friendly crook shall give me aid,
And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Tho' in a bare and rugged' way,
Through devious lonely wil's I stray,

Thy bounty shall my pains beguile;

The barren wilderness shall smile,

With sudden greens and herbage crown'd
And streams shall murmur all around.

SECTION V.

ADDISON

The Creator's works attest his greatness.

TRE spacious firmament on high,

With all the blue etherial sky,

And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim:
Th' unwearied sun from day to days
Does his Creator's power display,
And publishes to ev'ry land,
The work of an Almighty hand.
Soon as the ev'ning shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wond'rous tale,
And, nightly, to the list'ning earth,]
Repeats the story of her birth:

Whilst all the stars that round her buru,
And all the planets in their turn,
Confirm the tidings as they roll,
And spread the truth from pole to pole.
What tho' in solemn silence all

Move round the dark terrestrial ball!
What though no real voice nor sound,
Amid their radiant orbs be found!
In reason's ear they all rojoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice,
For ever singing as they shine,
The hand that made us is divine.

SEON VI.

An adu

Mountains weigh f

seas obey;

O TROU? whos
Whose will the
Whose breat
hose watry worlds to flame,
That flame tempest, and that tempest tame;
Earth's meanest son, all trembling, prostrate falls,
And on the boundless ocean of thy goodness calls.
O give the winds all past offence to sweep,
To scatter wide, or bury in the deep.
Thy pow'r, my weakness may I ever see,
And wholly dedicate my soul to thee.

Reign o'er my will; my passions ebb and flow.
At thy command, nor human motive know!

If anger boil, let anger be my praise,
And sin the graceful indignation raise.
My love be warm to succour the distress'd,
And lift the burden from the soul oppress'd.
O may my understanding ever read

This glorious volume which thy wisdom made!
May sea and land, and earth and heaven, be join'd,
To bring th' eternal Author to my mind!
When oceans roar. or awful thunders roll,

May thoughts of thy dread vengeance shake my soul!
When earth's in bloom, or planets proudly shine,
Adore, my heart, the Majesty divine !

Grant I may ever, at the morning ray,
Open with pray'r the consecrated day;
Tune thy great praise, and bid my soul arise,
And with the mounting sun ascend the skies;
As that advances, let my zeal improve,
And glow with ardour of consummate love;
Nor cease at eve, but with the setting sun
My endless worship shall be still begun.
And oh! permit the gloom of solemn night,
To sacred thought may forcibly invite.
When this world's shut, and awful planets rise,
Call on our minds, and raise them to the skies
Compose our souls with a less dazzling sight;
And show all nature in a milder light;
How ev'ry boist'rous thought in calm subsides!
How the smooth, spirit into goodness glides !
how divine! to tread the milky way,

Subdue by force, the rebel in my so

Thou, who canst still the raging of the flood,
Restrain the various tumults of my blood;
Teach me, with equal firmness to sustain
Alluring pleasure, and assaulting pain.
O may I pant for thee in each desire!
And with strong faith foment the holy fire!
Stretch out my soul in hope, and grasp the prize,
Which in eternity's deep bosom lies!

at the great day of recompense bel:old,] De void of fear, the fatal book unfold ! "ben wafted upward to the blissful seat, rom age to age my grateful song repeat ; Ay light, my life, my God, my Saviour see, And rival angels in the praise of thee !

SECTION VIL

The pursuit of happiness often ill directed.

THE midnight moon serenely smiles
(Per nature's soft repose;

No low'ring cloud obscures the sky;
Nor ruffling tempest blows.
Now ev'ry passion sinks to rest,
The throbbing heart lies still:
And varying schemes of life to more
Distract the lab'ring will.

Ja silence bush'd to reason's voice,
Attends each mental pow'r :
Come, dear Emilia, and enjoy
Reflection's fav'rite hour.

Come; while the peaceful scene invites,
Let's search this ample round,
Where shall the lovely fleeting form
Of happiness be found?

Does it amidst the frolic mirth
Of gay assemblies dwell;

r hide beneath the solemn gloom,
That shades the hermit's cell?
How oft he laughing boy
A sek'ning heart cond

And through the

Invading

In vain, th

The fugit

it dwells not in the faithless smile

That brightens Clodia's face.
Perhaps the joy to these deny'd,
The heart in friendship finds.
Ah! dear delusion, gay conceit-
Of visionary minds!

How 'er our varying notions rove,
Yet all agree in one,

TOUNG.

To place its being in some state,
At distance from our own :
O blind to each indulgent aim,
Of pow'r supremely wise,
Who fancy happiness in aught
The hand of Heaven denies.
Vain is alike the joy we seek,
And vain what we possess,
Unless harmonious reason tunes
The passions into peace.
To temper'd wishes, just desires,
Is happiness co.fin'd;

And. deaf to folly's call, attends

The music of the mind.

SECTION VIIL
The Fire Side.

Dear Chloe, while the busy crowd,
The vain the wealthy and the proud,
In folly's maze advance ;
Tho' singularity and pride

Be call'd our choice, we'll step aside,
Nor join the giddy dance.
From the gay world, we'll oft retire
To our own family and fire,

Where love our hours employs;
noisy neighbour enters here,
ermeddling stranger near,
poil our heart-felt joys.
iness we prize,
at this jewel li

And they are e

The world has nothing to
From our ownselves our joys

And that dear hut, our home.
Of rest was Noah's dove bereft,
When with impatient wing she left
That safe retreat the ark;
Giving her vain excursion o'er,
The disappointed bird once more
Explor'd the sacred bark.

Tho' fools spurn Hymen's gentle pow'rs,
We, who improve his golden hours,

By sweet experience know,

CON PER