SPECIMENS OF ENGLISH POETRY. PROVIDENCE. A HYMN. THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, When in the sultry glebe I faint, Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, B 5 10 15 Though in a bare and rugged way, ADDISON. GRATITUDE. WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, 20 O how shall words with equal warmth 5 The gratitude declare, That glows within my ravish'd heart! But Thou canst read it there. Thy providence my life sustain'd, And all my wants redrest, When in the silent womb I lay, 10 And hung upon the breast. To all my weak complaints and cries Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learn'd 15 Unnumber'd comforts to my soul Thy tender care bestow'd, Before my infant heart conceived From whom those comforts flow'd. 20 When in the slippery paths of youth |