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6. Upon the wall, against the seat Which Jessy us'd for her retreat, Whene'er by accident offended,

A looking glass was straight suspended,
That it might show her how deform'd
She look'd, and frightful, when she storm'd;
And warn her, as she priz'd her beauty,
To bend her humour to her duty.

7. All this the looking glass achiev'd;
Its threats were minded and believ'd ;
The maid, who spurn'd at all advice;
Grew tame and gentle in a trice:
So, when all other means had fail'd,
The silent monitor prevail'd.

LESSON XXXII.

TO A REDBREAST.

1. LITTLE bird, with bosom red,
Welcome to my humble shed;
Daily near my table steal,
While I pick my scanty meal.

2. Doubt not, little though there be,
But I'll cast a crumb to thee:

Well rewarded if I spy
Pleasure in thy glancing eye;
See thee, when thou'st eat thy fill,
Plume thy breast and wipe thy bill.

3. Come, my feather'd friend, again!
Well thou know'st the broken pane:
Ask of me thy daily store;
Ever welcome to my door.

LESSON XXXIII.

CHARITY AND LOVE.

1. HAPPY is the man who has sown in his breast the seeds of charity and love! From the fountain of his heart rise rivers of goodness; and the streams overflow for the benefit of mankind.

2. He assists the poor in their trouble; he rejoices in promoting the welfare of all men. He does not harshly censure his neighbour: he believes not the tales of envy and malevolence, nor repeats their slanders.

3. He forgives the injuries of men; he wipes them from his remembrance; revenge and malice have no place in his heart.. For evil he returns not evil; he hates not even his

enemies; but requites their injustice with friendly admonition.

4. The griefs and anxieties of men excite his compassion; he endeavours to alleviate the weight of their misfortunes; and the pleasure of success rewards his labor.

5. He calms the fury, he heals the quarrels of angry men; and prevents the mischiefs, and strife, and animosity. He promotes in his neighbourhood peace and good-will; and his name is repeated with praise and benedictions.

LESSON XXXIV.

MORTALITY.

1. CHILD of mortality, whence comest thou? why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping? I have seen the rose in its beauty; it spread its leaves to the morning

sun.

2. I returned it was dying upon its stalk; the grace of the form of it was gone: its loveliness was vanished away: its leaves were scattered on the ground, and no one gathered them again.*

*agen'.

3. A stately tree grew on the plain; its branches were covered with verdure; its boughs spread wide, and made a goodly shadow; the trunk was like a strong pillar; the roots were like crooked fangs.

4. I returned: the verdure was nipt by the east wind the branches were lopt away by the axe; the worm had made its way into the trunk, and the heart thereof was decayed; it mouldered away, and fell to the ground.

5. I have seen the insects sporting in the sunshine, and darting along the streams; their wings glittered with gold and purple; their bodies shone like the green emerald; they were more numerous than I could count: their motions were quicker than my eye could glance.

6. I returned: they were brushed into the pool; they were perishing with the evening breeze; the swallow had devoured them; the pike had seized them; there were none found of so great a multitude.

7. I have seen man in the pride of his strength; his cheeks glowed with beauty; his limbs were full of activity; he leaped; he walked; he ran; he rejoiced in that he was more excellent than those.

8. I returned he lay stiff and cold on the bare ground; his feet could no longer move, nor his hands stretch themselves out; his life was departed from him: and the breath from out of his nostrils.

9. Therefore do I weep, because DEATH is in the world; the spoiler is among the works of God; all that is made must be destroyed; all that is born must die: let me alone, for I will weep yet longer.

LESSON XXXV.

IMMORTALITY.

1. I HAVE seen the flower withering on the stalk, and its bright leaves spread on the ground. -I looked again :-it sprung forth afresh; its stem was crowned with new buds, and its sweetness filled the air.

2. I have seen the sun set in the west, and the shades of night shut in the wide horizon: there was no colour, nor shape, nor beauty, nor music; gloom and darkness brooded around.

3. I looked the sun broke forth again from the east, and gilded the mountain tops; the lark rose to meet him from her low nest, and the shades of darkness fled away.

4. I have seen the insect, being come to its full size, languish, and refuse to eat it spun itself a tomb, and was shrouded in the silken

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