O then, ere the turf or tomb Cover us from every eye, Spirit of inftruction, come, Make us learn that we must die. ON A SIMILAR OCCASION, For the Year 1792. Felix, qui potuit rerum cognofcere caufas, Subjecit pedibus, ftrepitumque Acherontis avari! Virg. Happy the mortal who has traced effects HANKLESS for favours from on high, Man thinks he fades too foon; Though 'tis his privilege to die, Would he improve the boon. But he, not wife enough to fcan To ages in a world of pain, Το ages, where he goes Gall'd by affliction's heavy chain, And hopeless of repofe. Strange fondness of the human heart, Strange world, that costs it so much smart, Whence has the world her magic power? Why deem we death a foe? Recoil from weary life's best hour, The cause is Confcience :-Confcience oft Her tale of guilt renews: Then anxious to be longer fpared 'Tis judgement shakes him; there's the fear And must despair to pay. Pay!-follow Christ, and all is paid; ON A SIMILAR OCCASION, For the Year 1793. De facris autem hæc fit una fententia, ut conferventur. Cic. de Leg. But let us all concur in this one fentiment, that things facred be inviolate. E lives who lives to God alone, And all are dead befide; For other fource than God is none Whence life can be supplied. To live to God is to requite But life, within a narrow ring Is falfely named, and no such thing, Can life in them deserve the name, Who only live to prove For what poor toys they can disclaim Who much diseased, yet nothing feel; Who deem his house a useless place, Who trample order; and the day If fcorn of God's commands, impress'd Such want it, and that want, uncured Sad period to a pleasant course! Yet fo will God repay Sabbaths profaned without remorse, ON A GOLDFINCH, STARVED TO DEATH IN HIS CAGE. IME was when I was free as air, I perch'd at will on every spray, But gaudy plumage, sprightly strain, For, caught and caged, and ftarved to death, Soon pafs'd the wiry grate. Thanks, gentle fwain, for all my woes, And thanks for this effectual close And cure of every ill! More cruelty could none express; THE PINE APPLE AND THE BEE. HE Pine Apples, in triple row, A Bee of most difcerning tafte Perceived the fragrance as he pafs'd, |