A bruised | reed He wounds them he will not | break; children | feel, 1|77| Humbled be- | neath his | mighty | hand, || 'Tis done!a- rise! He | bids thee | To realms of ever- | lasting | light | Pur-sue thy flight. | weep,|| There is a calm for those who weep, for weary | pilgrims | found: [" A rest || And | while the | mouldering | ashes | sleep | Low in the ground; | The soul (of origin | di- vine | God's glorious image,) || freed from | clay In heaven's e-ternal sphere shall shine A star of | day! | The sun is but a | spark of | fire, 1|17| A transient meteor in the | sky, 1111 The soul im- | mortal | as its | sire Shall never die. 191 | 20 THE POPLAR FIELD. Cowper. The poplars are | fell'd, || farewell to the shade, 1 And the whispering | sound of the cool | colonade; The winds | play no longer and sing in the leaves, | Nor | Ouse on his bosom their | image receives. 1991 Twelve years | have e- | lapsed, since I last took a view | Of my favorite | field, and the bank where they grew; 11 And now in the | grass | be- | hold they are | Where the hazels | af- ford him a | screen from the heat, And the scene where his | melody charm'd me be- |fore, Re-sounds with his sweet | flowing | ditty and a stone at With a turf on my breast, and a my head, Ere an- nother such grove shall a- | rise in its | stead. ។ | ។។ | ។។ 'Tis a sight to en- | gage me if any thing I can | | To muse on the | perishing | nature of man; 771 Though his life | be a | dream, ments, I see, his en- | joy ។ Have a | being | less ។ | durable | ។ ។ | even | ។ thanhe.91991 THE ROSE. Cowper. The rose had been | wash'd, just wash'd in it had | left with re- | And it seem'd to a | fanciful | view | To weep for the buds gret On the flourishing | bush where it | grew. 191 I | hastily | seized it | un- | fit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd 11 And such I ex- claim'd is the pitiless part, Some act by the Re-gardless delicate | mind; | of wringing and | breaking a Al- ready to sorrow re- | sign'd. |191771 This elegant | Rose, had I | shaken it | less, | Might have bloom'd with its | owner a while; | And the tear that is wiped dress, with a little ad May be ❘ follow'd | per- | haps by a smile. ។ ។ ។ ។ PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON. Luke xv. had And | Jesus | said, | A | certain | man | two sons: And the younger of them | said to his father, || Father, | give me the portion of goods that | falleth to me. And he divided unto them his | living. 1111111 And not many | days | after, the younger son gathered | all together, and took his wasted journey into a far country, and there his substance with | riotous | living. 111111 And to a citizen to | feed | swine. |11|17| And of and he sent him | into with the | husks but no I man | he would | fain have | filled himself that the | swine did | eat: gave unto him.11111 And when he came he | said, || How many | hired | servants of my father's | have | bread e- | nough || and to to | himself, I will and will say unto him, Father, I have | sinned against | heaven, | his father saw him | him. andran, and | had com- | passion, | and fell on his | neck, and | kissed And the son | said unto him, | Father, I have sinned against | heaven, 1 and in thy sight, and am | no more worthy to be called thy son. 11111| But the | father | said to his servants, | Bring forth robe, and put it | on him; | a ring on his hand, |