Guns, halberts, swords, and pistols, great and small)TM In starry forms dispos'd upon the wall auroly 02 We wonder, as we gazing stand below,hoc & 992 OT That brass and steel should make so fine a show; T But though we praise th' exact designer's skill, T Account them implements of mischief still.ad 3H No works shall find acceptance in that day, 495) When all disguises shall be rent away, adT That square not truly with the Scripture plan, T Nor spring from love to God, or love to man. oT As he ordains things sordid in their birth ni,tadT To be resolv'd into their parent earth; yinsoa ooT And, though the soul shall seek superior orbs bnA Whate'er this world produces, it absorbs; bas slid So self starts nothing, but what tends apace Home to the goal, where it began the race, aquofT Such as our motive is, our aim must be m. 9dd If this be servile, that can ne'er be free by 25m If self employ us, whatsoe'er is wrought, he .baÅ We glorify that self, not him we ought; obilni Such virtues had need prove their own reward, 38 The judge of all men owes them no regard.ail True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd, Fed by the love, from which it rose at first, T I Thrives against hope, and in the rudest scene, W Storms but enliven it's unfading green; re Exub'rant is the shadow it supplies, It's fruit on earth, it's growth above the skies. T To look at Him, who form'd us and redeem'd, He bruis'd beneath his feet th' infernal pow'rs, The wreath he won so dearly in our name; T The churches warm'd, they would no longer hold +1 Such frozen figures, stiff as they are cold; Relenting forms would lose their pow'r, or cease; Pelting each other for the public good, Meares nd yeM Did charity prevail, the press would prove den ty A vehicle of virtue, truth, and love; And I might spare myself the pains to show What few can learn, and all suppose they know. {l Thus have I sought to grace a serious lay And prove too weak for so divine a theme, That zeal, not vanity, has chanc'd to make, And spare the poet for his subject's sake. Nam neque me tantum venientis sibilus austri, THOUGH nature w weigh our talents, and dispense Hour after hour, the yet unletter'd boy, A Too often proves an implement of play, i've to% 3 Who dare dishonour or defile the tongue;ut #on) Who prostitute it in the cause of vice, «dƒ£0 Or sell their glory at a market-price;78d 191 sinoć Who vote for hire, or point it with lampoony 93ed W The dear-bought placeman, and the cheap buffoon, T There is a prurience in the speech of some, 1993ZLÅ Wrath stays him, or else God would strike them dumb!/ His wise forbearance has their end in view, viles al They fill their measure, and receive their dued How The heathen law-givers of ancient days, xìyatT Names almost worthy of a Christian's praise, N Would drive them forth from the resort of men, brâ And shut up ev'ry satyr in his den. ‚ 80 15 saal O come not ye near innocence and truth, Ye worms that eat into the bud of youth Infectious as impure, your blighting pow're polisof Taints in it's rudiments the promis'd flow'ri,pr diW It's odour perish'd and it's charming hue,is &'aoqquƐ Thenceforth 'tis hateful, for it smells of yonsa 'DoƆ og H |