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      O ' er Natt * re * s various works below . The earth . ,- •••• Rgviv'd , Her fruitful boscm quick expands , And lo ! her mighty treasures long conceal'd , With force redoubled burst on ev ' ry side . ——

      The vaulted sky assumes its native blue , By < louds no more obstnr'd—The furrows teem With rising blades of corn abundant , while The plenteous sap pervading ev * ry branch , Flows upward , downward , liv ' ning as it

      goes . The swelling buds unfold their leafystore Yet immature , but soon the genial warmth , With grateful 6 g \ v combin'd , restores to all , Their former vigour , and their youth

      renews . — All pow e rful Nature now her aid bestows , Her pencil exquisite bow best employs , To give each verdant leaf of various kind , Its form peculiar , its proper tint . Stupendous art ! though ev ' ry tree and plant ,

      That e ' er the eye inquisitive beheld , From th' Hyperborean lo the Antarctic pole , From others differs in gradation just ; Still each some beauty to itself confin'd Possesses : all in one unbounded chain , Shine forth resplendent , perfect in their kind .

      The gardens deck'd with various colour'd flow ' rs , Exhaling fragrant perfumes , now invite From home * th' industrious social train of bees , Which now with zeal assiduous extract The liquid nectar ; and for future time , hi waxen cells , store " up their well earn ed gains , Now too the painted blossoms please the

      view , The smiling earnests of th' autumnal fruit ; « , Full oft indeed the sport of sudden blasts , v"Which seem to deal destruction round ,

      and strip The fairest tree relentless ; but which arc J n truth ' s ne ' er erring mirror , rightly view'd ^ Tlu * ministers of mighty good . Thus oft In life ' s uncertain chrquerM roud , by some

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      Great seeming evil suddenly beset * We sink despondent , and with tears deplore , What soon we find our only firm sizpportj The solid basis of our truest joy . The feather ed choristers proclaim alotwJ , In notes melodious , their joy unfeign ed ; While man ' s ingenious art excelling * far , They build for future young their mossy

      ; In some sequester ed hedge secure from harm , Or lofty tree that mocks all rude attack . Perhaps beside the gently murm ' ring brook , On those delightful banks where early blows

      The modest primrose strWing to concea ! Its simple colours from th' observer ' s view ; Or the blue violet filling all the air , With odours still more sweet , more fragrant far , Than all that boasted Ind' profuse

      bestows , On all that Persia ' s abundant soil , Exports to foreign climes less fertile . — Now The meads luxuriant all their charms display , Attracting as it were by magic art , The flocks exulting in their happy state ; A happy state indeed , could they but know

      The source omnipotent of all their joy . To man this knowledge is confin'd ; his mind Alone can soar aloft , and reach the skie * . The wary cuckoo and the wand ' ring train Of birds that migrate , ha 9 te to join again Their happy fellows , and enjoy the scene .

      By wond ' rous instinct led , their only guide , They pass the boundless deep , and never fail , In proper time to reach the destin'd shore . No compass e ' er directs their airy f ^ g ht , No star refulgent points to them their

      course . Where aged Ocean , and the vast expanse Of hcav ' ns blue arch enclose on ev ' ry side 1 h' astonished sight ; by what superior powV Impelled , choose they the only track that leads

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1809, page 343, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1737/page/41/