1. There's a Divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them as we will. 2. The glorious Author of the universe, SHAKSPEARE. Who reins the winds, gives the vast ocean bounds, 3. God, veil'd in clouded majesty, alone Gives light to all; bids the great system move, SOMERVILE'S Chase 4. Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies? POPE'S Essay on Man. 5. All nature is but art, unknown to thee, All chance, direction, which thou canst not see, All partial evil, universal good; And, spite of pride-in erring reason's spite, One thing is clear-whatever is, is right. POPE'S Essay on Man. 300 GOD-PROVIDENCE. 6. O, all-preparing Providence divine! In thy large book what secrets are enroll'd? To prop the course which thou intend'st to hold ! 7. Go, mark the matchless working of the Power 8. Yes, thou art ever present, Power Divine! Not circumscrib'd by time, nor fix'd to space, 9. The Lord! how tender is his tear! His justice how august! Hence all her fears my soul derives, There anchors all her trust! 10. O Thou! who dry'st the mourner's tear, How dark this world would be, 11. If, when deceiv'd and wounded here, Who spoke creation into birth, DRAYTON. CowPER. HANNAH MORE. DR. DARWIN. MOORE. Arch'd the broad heavens, and spread the rolling earth; And bade the seasons in their circles run; And gave man all for comfort, or for good. CHARLES SPRAGUE. 12. Below, above, o'er all he dares to rove, In all finds God, and finds that God all love. CHARLES SPRAGUE. 13. How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, YOUNG'S Night Thoughts. GOLD-WEALTH, &c. 1. Dumb jewels often, in their silent kind, More than quick words, do move a woman's mind. 2. Madam, I own 't is not your person, My stomach's set so sharp and fierce on ; 3. For money has a power above SHAKSPEARE. BUTLER'S Hudibras. The stars and fate, to manage love, 4. Trade it may help, society extend, BUTLER'S Hudibras. But lures the pirate, and corrupts the friend; But bribes a Senate, and a land's betray'd. POPE'S Moral Essays. 5. Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace, If not, by any means get wealth and place. POPE'S Moral Essays. 6. To whom can riches give repute or trust, Content, or pleasure, but the good and just? POPE'S Essay on Man. 302 GOLD-WEALTH, &c. 7. Judges and Senates have been bought for gold; Esteem and love were never to be sold. 8. POPE'S Essay on Man. Their much-lov'd wealth imparts GOLDSMITH'S Traveller. 9. Gold is the strength, the sinews of the world; 10. To purchase heaven has gold the power? DECKER. DR. JOHNSON. 11. For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws; 12. Can gold calm passion, or make reason shine? 13. Because its blessings are abus'd, Must gold be censur'd, curs'd, accus'd? DR. JOHNSON. YOUNG. GAY's Fables. 14. Oh, bane of man! seducing cheat! Can man, weak man, thy power defeat ? 15. Thus, when the villain crams his chest, 16. If happiness on wealth were built, Rich rogues might comfort find in guilt. 17. Why lose we life in anxious cares, GAY's Fables. GAY's Fables. GAY's Fables. GAY's Fables. 18. Abundance is a blessing to the wise; CUMBERLAND's Menander. |