...lettered ease. He was friendly, shy and indolent. His noted lines in favor of early rising, commencing — Falsely luxurious, will not man awake, And springing from the bed of aloth, &c., were written in bed. SECTION II. L 8. NEVER DESPAIR. is no trait of human character so...

...himself. And if thou •hast little to do, thou oughtest to emgreater crown of glory. — Jeremy Taylor. Falsely luxurious, will not man awake, And, springing...due, and sacred song? For is there aught in sleep to charm the wise ? To lie in dead oblivion, losing half The fleeting moments of too short a life;...

...and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace. Pope, II. xvi.831. Is there aught in sleep can charm the wise ? To lie...moments of too short a life ; Total extinction of th' enlighten'd soul, Who would in such a gloomy state remain Longer than nature craves ? Thomton, Summer,...

...appeared at the bar respecting his habits ; and all agreed on one point — that of being early risers. Falsely luxurious, will not man awake, And, springing...the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song ? — Wildered and tossing through distempered dreams, Who would in such a gloomy state remain Longer...

...both ends, and thrust a hot poker through the.middle." " Is there aught in sleep can charm the wise 1 To lie in dead oblivion, losing half The fleeting moments of too short a life ; Total extinction of the' enlighten' d soul ! Or else to feverish vanity alive, Wilder*d, and tossing thro' distemper'd...

...usually lay in bed till noon, and his principal time for composition was midnight. Yet he wrote : ' Falsely luxurious, will not man awake, And, springing...the silent hour To meditation due, and sacred song?' Against this ill-regulated practice we have to set the practical Dr. Doddridge, to whose habit of early...

...the crowded fold, in order, drives His flock, to taste the verdure of the morn. Falsely luxurious 1 will not man awake, And, springing from the bed of...the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song ? 70 For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise ? To lie in dead oblivion, losing half The fleeting...

...MI Is; And from the crowded fold, in order, drives 65 His flock, to taste the verdure of the morn. Falsely luxurious ! will not Man awake, And, springing...the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song ? 70 For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise ? To lie in dead oblivion, losing half The fleeting...

...will disclose the mighty results which have proceeded from the showing of God's " loving-kindness in the morning." " Falsely luxurious, will not man awake,...the silent hour To meditation due, and sacred song ? " III. Morning is the best time for study. — Upon this point we think there can be no two opinions...

...peace he dwells And from the crowded fold in order drives His flock, to taste the verdure of the morn. Falsely luxurious, will not man awake, And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy 7. The middle of the eighteenth century gave birth, we see, to good poets ; but it was nevertheless...