The nitrous power with tenfold force Supremely gracious Deity, Then, in exchange, a month or more Yet still no restless heats we find; Supremely gracious Deity, Corrector of the mind! For nature rarely form'd a soil Supremely gracious Deity, Composer of the mind! * Virg. Georg. IV, 127. Scipio sought virtue in his prime, He serv'd the state with zeal and force, Supremely gracious Deity, When Dioclesian sought repose, Cloy'd and fatigu'd with nauseous pow'r, He left his empire to his foes, For fools to' admire, and rogues devour : Rich in his poverty, he bought Retirement's innocence and health; With his own hands the monarch wrought, And chang'd a throne for Ceres' wealth. Toil sooth'd his cares, his blood refin'dAnd all from thee, Supremely gracious Deity, Composer of the mind! He, who had rul'd the world, exchang'd • Dioclesian. Fortune, however poor, was kind. Supremely gracious Deity, Corrector of the mind! Thus Charles, with justice styl'd the great,* For valour, piety, and laws; Resign'd two empires to retreat, And from a throne to shades withdraws; Fis yoke the willing Persian bore: In vain the Saracen complied, And fierce Northumbrians stain'd with gore. One Gallic farm his cares confin'd; And all from thee, Supremely gracious Deity, Composer of the mind! Observant of the' almighty will, Prescient in faith, and pleas'd with toil. Abram Chaldea left, to till The moss-grown Haran's flinty soil:† Supremely gracious Deity, Corrector of the mind! Charlemagne. + Gen. xii. 31. Nehem. ix. 7. Judith v. 7. VOL. XXIX. I i Isaiah Ivii. 3. 'Draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress." 'According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they for. gotten ME.' Hosea xiii. 6. EMPTY, illusory life, Pregnant with fraud, in mischiefs rife ; First she loves, and then she leaves us! Erring happiness beguiles The wretch that strays o'er Circe's isles; All things smile, and all annoy him; The rose has thorns, the doves can bite; Sleep an opium to destroy him. Louring in the groves of death Brambles and thorns perplex the shade: Earth fallacious herbage* yields, Corrosive crow-feet choke the plains, Gaudy bella-donnat blowing, Or with glossy berries glowing, Lures the' unwise to tempt their doom: One plant alone is wrapt in shade; Plant of joy, of life, and health! More than the fabled lotos fam'd, Which (tasted once) mankind reclaim'd |