VERSE. Order is Heaven's first law; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More rich, more wise; but who infers, from hence, That such are happier, shocks all common sense:" Needful austerities our wills restrain; As thorns fence in the tender plant from harm. Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, On earth, nought precious is obtain'd By travel and to travel born, Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Our hearts are fasten'd to this world, But every sorrow cuts a string, Oft pining griefs in rich brocades are drest, Teach me to feel another's wo, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me. This day be bread and peace my lot All else beneath the sun Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not, Vice is a monster of so frightful mein, If nothing more than purpose in thy power, In faith and hope the world will disagree, To be resign'd when ills betide, And pleased with favors given: Whose fragrance smells to Heav'n All fame is foreign, but of true desert; Far from the madding croud's ignoble strife, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, Whose trembling limbs have borne him to thy door, - Who lives to nature, rarely can be poor; But soon I found 'twas all a dream, And learn'd the fond pursuit to shun, Where few can reach their purpos'd aim,And thousands daily are undone. "Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours; And ask them what report they bore to Heav'n. All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction which thou canst not see; All partial evil, universal good. Heav'n's choice is safer than our own: What the most formidable fate? "To have our own desire." If ceaseless, thus, the fowls of heav'n he feeds, Will he not care for you, ye faithless, say? Is he unwise? or are ye less than they? The spacious firmament on high, And spangled heav'ns; a shining frame, Soon as the evening shades prevail, Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though, in solemn silence, all EXERCISES IN SYNTAX. RULE I. FIFTY pounds of wheat contains forty pounds of flour. What avails the best sentiments, if persons do not live suitably to them. Thou should love thy neighbor as sincerely as thou loves thyself. RULE II. Idleness and ignorance is the parent of many vices. Patience and diligence, like faith, removes mountains. What signifies the counsel and care of preceptors, when youth think they have no need of assistance ? RULE III. Man's happiness or misery, are in a great measure, put into his own hands. Man is not such a machine as a clock or a watch, which move merely as they are moved. Speaking impatiently to servants, or any thing that betrays inattention or ill-humor, are. certainly criminal, |