The Palmetto.-The Grampus. 139 THE PALMETTO. LIKE the tall palm it shoots its stately head; And mitigate the fever of the sky. GAY. THE GRAMPUS.* -ENORMOUS grampus, issuing forth From the pale regions of the icy North, Waves his broad tail, and opes his ribbed mouth, And seeks on winnowing fin the breezy South; A kind of Whale. From towns deserted rush the breathless hosts, DARWIN. SLEEP. Lo, midnight from her starry reign repose. AKENSIDE. Morning Sounds. 141 MORNING SOUNDS. BUT who the melodies of morn can tell? The wild-brook babbling down the mountain's side; The lowing herd, the sheep-fold's simple bell; In the lone valley; echoing far and wide The cottage curs at early pilgrim bark; Crown'd with her pail the tripping milk-maid sings; The whistling ploughman stalks a-field; and hark! Down the rough slope the ponderous waggon rings; Thro' rustling corn the hate astonish'd springs; Slow tolls the village bell the drowsy hour ; The partridge bursts away on whirring wings; Deep mourns the turtle in sequester'd bower, And shrill lark carols clear from his aërial tower. BEATTIE. 142 The Love of Praise. THE LOVE OF PRAISE. Of all the springs within the mind Not any partial private end Such rev'rence to the public bears; If praise, with deep religious awe, From the sole perfect Judge be sought, A nobler aim, a purer law, Nor priest, nor bard, nor sage hath taught. With which, in character the same, AKENSIDE. Benevolence.-Providence. 143 BENEVOLENCE. -AND from the pray'rof want and plaint of woe, O never, never turn away thine ear! Forlorn in this bleak wilderness below, Ah! what were man, should Heav'n refuse to hear! To others do (the law is not severe) What to thyself thou wishest to be done. Forgive thy foes; and love thy parents dear, And friends and native land: nor these alone; All human weal and woe learn thou to make thine own. BEATTIE. PROVIDENCE. THE holy power that clothes the senseless earth With woods, with fruits, with flowers, and ver dant grass, Whose bounteous hand feeds the whole brute creation, Knows all our wants, and has enough to give us. ROWE. |