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6. 'Tis heavenly grace alone, my child, The uit of prayer attending duly,
Can rmly stem the tumult wild,
_Of earthly passion rising newly.
7. Then shall we r so brief a world,
A speck in nature's vast dominion, With hope's high banner basely rl'd,
Return to earth with sloth l pinion?
8. Forbid it truth, rbid it love,
The ithless thought untold should perish, Forbid it all we hope above,
And all on earth we know and cherish.
G. GRIFFIN.
LESSON XVI.
OF THE FIXED STARS.
Tutor- arles-James.
CHARLEs.-The delay occasioned by our long walk, has a orded us one of the most brilliant views of the heavens that I ever saw.
J Es.-It is uncommonly clear ; and the longer I keep my eyes xed upwards, the more stars seem to appear; how is it possible to number those stars? and yet I have heard that they are numbered, and even arranged in catalogues according to their appa­ ren magnitude. Pray, sir, explain to us how this business was per rmed.
TuToR.-This I will do with great pleasure, some ·