Come in thy meekest, saddest guise ;
Thy chastening rod but territies
The restless and the bad.

But I recline

Beneath thy shrine,
And round my brow resign'd thy peaceful cypress

twine.
Tho' Fancy flies away

Before thy hollow tread,
Yet Meditation, in her cell,
Hears with faint eye, the ling’ring knell,
That tells her hopes are dead;

And tho' the tear

By chance appear,
Yet she can smile, and say, My all was not laid

here.
Come, Disappointment, come!

Tho' from Hope's summit hurl’d,
Still, rigid Nurse, thou art forgiven,
For thou severe wert sent from heaven,
To wean me from the world :

To turn my eye

From vanity,
And point to scenes of bliss that never, never die.

What is this passing scene ?

A peevish April day!
A little sun-a little rain,
And then night sweeps along the plain,
And all things fade away:

Man (soon discuss'd)

Yields up his trust,
And all his hopes and fears lie with him in the dust.

Oh, wbat is Beauty's power?

It flourishes and dies.

Will the cold earth its silence break,
To tell how soft, how smooth a cheek
Beneath its surface lies?

Mute, mute is all

O’er Beauty's fall,
Her praise resounds no more when mantled in her

pall.

Come in thy meekest, saddest guise ;
Thy chastening rod but terrifies

The restless and the bad. i

But I recline

Beneath thy shrine,
And round my brow resigu'd thy peaceful cor

twine.
Tho' Fancy flies away

Before thy hollow tread,
Yet Meditation, in her cell,
Hears with faint eye, the ling'ring koel.
That tells her hopes are dead;

And tho' the tear

By chance appear,
Yet she can smile, and say, My all was het

here.
Come, Disappointment, come!

Tho' from Hope's summit hurl'd,
Still, rigid Nurse, thou art forgiven,
For thou severe wert sent from beavel,
To wean me from the world :

To turn my eye

From vanity,
And point to scenes of bliss that never, never die

What is this passing scene?

A peevish April day!
A little sun-a little rain,
And then night sweeps along the plain,
And all things fade away.

Man (soon discuss'd)

Yields up his trust,
And all his hopes and fears lie with him in the dusi

Oh, wbat is Beauty's power?

It flourishes and dies.

The most belov'd on earth

Not long survives to-day ;
So music past is obsolete,
And yet 'twas sweet, 'twas passing sweet,
But now 'tis gone away.

Thus does the shade

In memory fade,
When in forsaken tomb the form belov'd is laid.

Then since this world is vain,

And volatile and fleet,
Why should I lay up earthly joys,
Where rust corrupts, where moth destroys,
And cares and sorrows cat ?

Why fly from ill

With anxious skill,
When soon this hand will freeze, this throbbing

heart be still?
Come, Disappointment, come !

Thou art not stern to me;
Sad Monitress! I owe thy sway,
A votary sad in early day,
I bend my knee to thee.
From sun to sun

race will run,
I only bow, and say, My God, thy will be done !

My

W K. WHITE.

THE LORD'S DAY.

How welcome to the saints, when press'd
With six days' noise, and care and toil,
Is the returning day of rest,
Which hides them from the world awhile !
Now from the throng withdrawn away,
They seem to breathe a diff'rent air ;
Compos'd and soften’d by the day,
All things another aspect wear.
How happy if their lot is cast
Where statedly the gospel sounds !
The word is honey to their taste,
Renews their strength, and heals their wounds!
Though pinch'd with poverty at home,
With sharp afflictions daily fed,
It makes amends, if they can come
To God's own house for heav'nly bread!
With joy they hasten to the place
Where they their Saviour oft have met ;
And while they feast upon bis grace,
Their burdens and their griefs forget.
This favour'd lot, my friends, is ours ;
May we the privilege improve,
And find these consecrated hours
Sweet earnest of the joys above.
We thank thee for thy day, O Lord !
Here we thy promis'd presence seek ;
Open thine hand, with blessings stor'd,
And give us manna for the week.

NEWTON

HYMNS FOR THE SEASONS.

SPRING.

THE LORD'S DAY.
How welcome to the saints, when prex'?
With six days' noise, and care and toil,
Is the returning day of rest,
Which bides them from the world awhile
Now from the throng withdrawn away,
They seem to breathe a diffrent air ;
Compos'd and soften'd by the day,
All things another aspect wear.
How happy if their lot is cast
Where statedly the gospel sounds!
The word is honey to their taste,
Renews their strength, and heals their met:
Though pinch'd with poverty at home,
With sharp afflictions daily fed,
It makes amends, if they can come
To God's own house for hearinly bread!
With joy they basten to the place
Where they their Saviour oft have met ;
And while they feast upon his grace,
Their burdens and their griefs forget.
This favour'd lot, my friends, is ours ;
May we the privilege improve,
And find these consecrated hours
Sweet earnest of the joys above.
We thank thee for thy day, O Lord !
Here we thy promis’d presence seek ;
Open thine hand, with blessings stor'd,
And give us manna for the week.

How smiling wakes the verdant year

Array'd in velvet green!
How glad the circling fields appear,

That bound the blooming scene!
Forth walks from heav'n the beaming Spring,

Calm as the dew she sheds;
And o'er the Winter's mutt'ring king

Her veil of roses spreads.
The sky serene, the waking flowers,

The river's loosen'd wave,
Repay the kind and tepid hours

With all the charms they gave.
And bark! From yon melodious grove

The featber'd warblers break;
And into notes of joy and love

The solitude awake!
And shall the first belov'd of heaven

Mute listen as they sing;
Shall man, to whom the lyre is giv’n

Not wake one grateful string?
O let me join th’aspiring lay,

That gives my Maker praise;
Join, but in louder notes than they,

Than all their pleasures raise !
From stormy Winter hoar and chill

Warm scenes of peace arise:
For ever thus from seeming ill

Heav'n every good supplies.
For

'tis mildness, beauty, all
Around the laughing whole;

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SEWTON

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