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    Nor do sad-seeming things thy love belie , The howling winds , the sable-coiling cloud , The death-fraught fires in forked streams that fly , The pealing thunder that appals the proud . Nor the cold sorrow of the wintry sky , Nor earth pale-folded in her snowy shroud , Nor rivers stagnant in their icy sleep , Nor all the living fury of the

    deep—Nor blighted flower or bloom , nor mildew'd grain , Nor faded leaves , nor leafless branches sere , Nor hoary trunks unhelp'd by sun and rain , Nor noxious vapours lowering damp and drear- * - Nor harvests withering on the sultry plain , Nor dismal shades that blast the spirit * s cheer-None , none of these thy gracious will gainsay , For good endures , when ill hath pass'd away .

    But most in Man thy goodness is confess'd—He is thy mercy's noblest monument ! The pure affections of the human breast , Its love untiring , and its zeal unspent , Its truth when tried , its patience when oppress'd , Tts grateful fervours and its calm content , All these , when seen , thy bounteous Nature praise , And show its beauty by reflected rays .

    E ' en as the moon by her mild lustre shows The brighter glory of the orb whence she Imbibes her light , so each faint flame that g lows In human souls reveals itself from Thee ! Iu every loving- heart thou dost disclose Of thy perfections an epitome ! And man below attains his duty ' s height , When he is ever drinking-in thy light !

    Nor less in the endowments of his mind Thy goodness shines—the judgment cool and wise , The subtle reason , and the wit rerin'd , The lightning-fancy that all bounds defies . The taste bv whose fine feeling are combin'd Beautiful forms , that fascinate the eyes And heart—these beamings from thy mind sublime Proclaim thy love , and make despair a crime . But more than all , thy blessed Providence fs yet attested by the law deep-writ Within his heart , —the priceless moral sense , The bright pole-star of piety , that ' s lit From thine own spirit's purest light intense ! He ever finds smooth seas who steers by it ! Who heeds it not , on stormy waves doth roll Forlorn—without th « anchor oi the soul !*

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1833, page 707, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2624/page/47/