Fool, dost thou think he'd revel on the store,
Absolve the care of Heav'n, nor ask for more?
Though waters flow'd, flow'rs bloom'd, and Phoebus shone,
He'd sigh, he'd murmur, that he was alone.
For know, the Maker on the human breast,

A sense of kindred, country, man, impress'd.
11 Though nature's works the ruling mind declare,

And well deserve inquiry's serious care,
The God, (whate'er misanthropy may say,)
Shines, beams in man with most unclouded ray.
What boots it thee to fly from pole to pole?
Hang o'er the sun, and with the planets roll?
What boots through space's i'urthest bourns to roam?
If thou, O man, a stranger art at home.
Then know thyself, the human mind survey ;

The use, the pleasure, will the toil repay. 12 Nor study only, practice what you know ;

Your life, your knowledge, to mankind you owe.
With Plato's olive wreath the bays entwine;
Those who in study, should in practice shine.
Say, does the learned lord of Hagley's shade,
Charm man so much by mossy fountains laid,
As when arous'd, he stems corruption's course,
And shakes the senate with a Tully's force?
When freedom gasp'd beneath a Cæsar's feet,
Then public virtue might to shades retreat:
But where she breathes, the least may useful be,

And freedom, Britain, still belongs to thee.
13 Though man's ungrateful, or though fortune frowo;

Is the reward of worth a song, or crown?
Nor yet unrecompens'd are virtue's pains;
Good Allen lives, and bounteous Brunswick reigns.
On each condition disappointments wait,
Enter the hut, and force the guarded gate.
Nor dare repine, though early friendship bleed,
From love, the world, and all its cares, he's freed.
But know, adversity's the child of God:
Whom Heaven approves of most, must feel her rod.
When smooth old Ocean, and each storm's asleep,
Then ignorance may plough the watery deep;
But when the demons of the tempest rave,

Skill must conduct the vessel through the wave. 14 Sidney, what good man envies not thy blow?

Who would not wish Anytus*--for a soe?
Intrepid virtue triumphs over fate ;
* One of the accusors of Socrates.

The good can never be unfortunate.
And be this maxim graven in thy mind;
The height of virtue is, to serve mankind.
But when old age has silver'd o'er thy head,
When memory

fails, and all thy vigour's fled,
Then mayst thou seek the stillness of retreat,
Then hear aloof the human tempest beat;
Then will I greet thee to my woodland cave,
Allay the pangs of age, and smooth thy grave.

GRAIN GR.

CONTENTS.

PART I.
PIECES IN PROSE.

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CHAPTER I.
Eclect Sentences and Paragraphs.

CHAPTER II.

Narrative Pieces

boot. 1. No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind happy

% Change of external condition often adverse to virtue

8. Haman; or the misery of pride

4. Lady Jane Grey

5. Ortogrul; or the vanity of riches

6. The bill of science

7. The journey of a day; a picture of human life

CHAPTER III.

Didactic Pieces.

Bect. 1. The importance of a good education

2. On gratitede

3. On forgiveness

4. Motives to the practice of gentleness

5. A suspicious temper the source of misery to its possessor

6. Comforts of religion

7. Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wisdom
8. On the importance of order in the distribution of our time
9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples

10. The mortifications of vice greater ihan those of virtue

11. On contentment

12. Rank and riches afford no ground for envy

13. Patience under provocations our interest as well as duty

14. Moderation in our wishes recommended

15. Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity, the source of

consolation to good men

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4. The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable on themselves

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5. On disinterested friendship

73
& Op the immortality of the soul

75
CHAPTER V.

Descriptive Pieces.
Bect. 1. The seasons

78
2. The cataract of Niagara, in Canada, North America

79
3. The grotto of Antiparos

80
4. The grotto of Antiparos continued

81
5. Earthquake at Catanea

.. 82
6. Creation
7. Charity

83
& Prosperity is redoubled to a good man

84

9. On the beauties of the Psalms

85

10. Character of Alfred, king of England

86

11, Character of Queen Elizabeth

87

12. The slavery of vice

89
13. The man of integrity
14. Gentleness

91
CHAPTER VI.

Pathetic Pieces.
Sect. 1. Trial and execution of the Earl of Strafford

93
2. An eminent instance of true fortitude of mind

94
8. The good man's comfort in affliction

95

4. The close of life

90

5. Exalted society, and the renewal of virtuous connexions,

98

two sources of future felicity

6. The clemency and amiable character of the patriarch Joseph 99

7. Altamont

CHAPTER VII.

Dialogues.

Sect. 1, Democritus and Heraclitus

2. Dionysius, Pythias, and Damon

8. Locke and Bayle

CHAPTER VIII.

Public Speeches.

Sect. 1. Cicero against Verres

2. Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate, imploring

their protection against Jugurtha

3. The Apostle Paul's noble

defence before Festus and Agrippa

4. Lord Mansfield's speech in the House of Lords, 1770, on the bill

for preventing the delays of justice, by claimiog the privi.

lege of parliament

120

5. An address to young persons

CHAPTER IX.

Promiscuous Picces.

Sect. 1. Earthquake at Calabria; in the year 1638

2. Letter from Pliny to Germinius .

3. Letter from Pliny to Marcellinus, on the death of an amiable

young woman

4. On Discretion

5. On the government of our thoughts

6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained passions

7. On the proper state of our temper with respect to one another
8. Excellence of the Holy Scriplures
% Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings, pronounced

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10 Schemes of life often illusory,

141

11. The pleasures of virtuous sensibility,

. 143

12. On the true honour of man,

. 145

13. The influence of devotion on the happiness of life,

· 146

14. The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively considered, . 148

15. On the power of custom, and the uses to which it may be applied, 150

16. The pleasures resulting from a proper use of our faculties,

17. Description of candour,

152

18. On the imperfection of that happiness which rests solely on

worldly pleasures,

10. What are the real and solid enjoyments of buman life,

20. Scale of beings,

21. Trust in the care of Providence recommended,

42. Piety and gratitude enliven prosperity,

162

23. Virtue, when deeply rooted, is not subject to the influence of

fortune,

164

24. The Speech of Fabricius, a Roman ainbassador, to king Pyrrhus, 165

25. Character of James I. king of England,

. 166

26. Charles V. emperor of Germany, resigns bis dominions, and,

retires froin the world,

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PART II.
PIECES IN POETRY.

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CHAPTER I.

Select Sentences and Paragraphs.
Bect. 1. Short and eas sentences,

172
2. Verses in which the lines are of different length,

174

3. Verses containing exclamations, interrogations, and parentheses, 175

4. Verses in various forms,

177

5. Verses in which sound corresponds to signification,

&. Paragrapbs of greater length,

CHAPTER II.

Narrative Pieces.

Soct 1. The bear and the bees,

182

2 The nightingale and the glow-worm,

183

3. The trials of virtue,

184

4. The youth and the philosopher,

186

5. Discourse between Adam and Eve, retiring to rest,

: 187

6. Religion and death,

CHAPTER III.

Didactic Pieces.

Seet. 1. The vanity of wealth,

191

2. Nothing formed in vain,

3. On pride,

4. Cruelty to brutes censured,

· 193

5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chapter

of Matthew,

e. The death of a good man a strong incentive to

virtue, .

195

7. Reiections on a future state, from a review of

winter,

8. Adams advice to Eve, to avoid temptation,

9. On procrastination,

10. That philosophy, which stops at secondary causes,

reproved, :

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11. Indignant sentiments on national prejudices and hatred ;
and on slavery,

CHAPTER IV.

Descriptive Pieces.
Sec. 1. The morning in summer,

2. Rural sounds, as well as rural sights, delightful,
3. The rose,
4. Care of birds for their young,
5. Liberty and slavery contrasted,
6. Charity. A paraphrase on the 13th chapter of the

First Epistle to the Corinthians,
7. Picture of a good man,
& The pleasures of retirement,
% The pleasure and benefit of an improved and well-
directed imagination,

CHAPTER V.

Pathetic Pieces.
Bect 1. The hermit,

2 The beggar's petition,
3. Unhappy close of life,
4. Elegy to pity,
6. Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk,

during his solitary abode in the Island of Juan

Fernandez,
8. Gratitude,
7. A man perishing in the snow; from whence reflec-

tions are raised on the miseries of life,
& A morning hymn,

CHAPTER VI.

Promiscuous Pieces.
Seot. 1. Ode to content,

2 The shepherd and the philosopher,
& The road to happiness open to all men,

The goodness of Providence,
5. The Creator's works attest his greatness,
6 Address to the Deity,
7. The pursuit of happiness often ill directed,
8. The fire-side,
9. Providence vindicated in the present state of man,
10. Selfishness reproved,
11. Human frailty,
12. Ode to peace,
13. Ode to adversity,
14. The Creation required to praise its Author,
15. The universal prayer, .
16. Conscience,
17. On an infant,
18. The cuckoo,
19. Day. A pastoral in three parts,
21. Confidence in Divine protection
22. Hyman, on a review of the seasons,
2. On solitude,

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