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Russet and rude, lds ·up the tender germ Uninjured, with inimitable art;
And, ere one ow'ry season des and dies, D_esigns the_ blooming wonders of the next. The Lord of all, Himself through all di used,
Sustains, and is the li of all that lives.
. Nature is but a name r an e ect,
Whose cause is God. One spirit-llis
Who wore the platted thorns with bleeding brows-. Rules universal nature. Not a ow'r
But shows some touch, in eckle, streak, or stain, Of his unrivall'd pencil. He inspires
Their balmy odours, and imparts their hues,
And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes,
In grains as countless as the sea-side sands,
The rms with which he sprinkles all the earth. Happy who walks with him ! whom what he nds Of avour or of scent in uit or ow'r,
Or what he views of beauti l or grand
In nature, om the broad majestic oak
To the green blade.that.twinkles in the sun, Prompts with remembrance of a present God.
CowPER.
CHANCE.
CHANCE can do nothing-there's no turn of earth, No, not the blowing of the summer-wind,
Or the unstable sailing of a cloud,
Much more the destiny of mighty states,
But hath a will that orders it.
CROLY.