Young Gentleman and Lady's Explanatory Monitor

Found for our use an ocean in the land,
Its breadth so small we could not wander long,
Nor long be absent from the neighboring strand.
Short was the course, and guided by the stars ;
But stars no more shall point our daring way;
The Bear shall sink, and every guard be drown'd,
And great Arcturus scarce escape the sea.

When southward we shall steer-0 grant my wish,

Supply the barque, and bid Columbus sail;
He dreads no tempest on the untravel'd deep,
Reason shall steer, and skill disarm the gate.

Address to the Deity.

Father of light! exhaustless source of good ! Supreme, eternal, self-existent God! Before the beamy sun dispens'd a ray, Flam'd in the azure vault, and gave the day, Before the glimmering moon, with borrow'd light, Shane queen, amid the silver bost of night. High in the heavens, thou reign'st superior Lord, By suppliant angels worshipp'd and ador'd. With the celestial choir then let me join In cheerful praises for the Power Divine. To sing thy praise, do thou, O God! inspire A mortal breast with more than mortal fire. In dreadful majesty thou sit'st enthron'd, With light encircled and with glory crown'd: Through all infinitude extends thy reign. For thee nor Heaven, nor Heaven of Heavens

contain:

But though thy throne is fix'd above the sky,
Thy omnipresence fills immensity.

Saints rob'd in white, to thee their anthems bring,
And radiant martyrs haliclujahs sing;
Heaven's universal host their voices raise
In one eternal concert to thy praise;
And round thy awful throne, with one accord,
Sing holy, holy, holy is the Lord.
At thy creative voice from ancient night
Sprang smiling beauty, and yon worlds of light:
Thou spak'st-the planetary chorus roll'd,
Stupendous worlds! unmeasur'd and untold!
Let there be light, said God-light instant shonę,
And from the orient burst the golden sun;
Heav'n's gazing hierarchs, with glad surprise,
Saw the first morn invest the recent skies,
And strait th' exulting troops thy throne sur-

round;

With thousand, thousand harps of rapt'rous sound
Thrones, powers, dominions (ever shining trains)
Shouted thy praises in triumphant strains:
Great are thy works, they sing, and all around.
Great are thy works, the echoing heav'us resound.
Th' effulgent sun, unsufferably bright,
Is but a ray of thy o'erflowing light;
The tempest is thy breath; the thunder hurl'd
Tremendous roars thy vengeance o'er the world;
Thou bow'st the Heaven's, the smoking moun-

tains nod,

Rocks fall to dust, and nature owns her God!
Pale tyrants shrink, the atheist stands aghast,
And impious kings in horror breathe their last.
To this great God, alternately, I'd pay,
The evening anthem and the morning lay.

CONTENTS.

Observations on the Principles of Good Reading, page 11

Select Sentences,

The Handsome and Deformed Leg,

Retirement not suitable to a Melancholy Mind,

Epilogue to Addison's Cato,

Distribution of Happiness more equal than is supposed, 34

An Appeal to Parents,

Extract from the Eulogy on Dr. Franklin,

On Temperance in Pleasure,

Description of the first American Congress,

Adventures of General Putnam,