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Who art thou, stern destroyer ? say—
“1’m known in every clime—
Man and his works all pess away
Beneath the hand of Time!”
Hudson.

 

GRATITUDE TO GOD.

How cheerful along the gay mead,

The daisy and cowslip appear !

The flocks, as they carelessly feed,

Rejoice in the spring of the year,

The myrtles that deck the gay bowers,

The herbage that springs from the sod,
Trees, plants, cooling fruits, and sweet flowers
All rise to the praise of my God !

Shall man, the great master of all,

The only insensible prove ?

Forbid it, fair gratitude’s call,

Forbid it, devotion and love !

The Lord who such wonders could raise,
And still can destroy with a nod,

My lips shall incessantly praise,

My soul shall rejoice in my God.

 

THE SEA.

BeavtTirut, sublime, and glorious;
Mild, majestic, foaming, free~~
Qver time itself victorious,

Image of eternity ?