Dances in ether like the lighteft leaf;

To the dim verge, the fuburbs of the fyftem,
Where cheerless Saturn, "midft his wat'ry moons,
Girt with a lucid zone, in gloomy pomp,

Sits like an exil'd monarch: fearless thence
I launch into the tracklefs deeps of space,
Where, burning round, ten thousand funs appear,'
Of elder beam; which ask no leave to fhine
Of our terreftrial ftar, nor borrow light
From the proud regent of our fcanty day;
Sons of the morning, firft-born of creation,
And only less than him who marks their track,
And guides their fiery wheels. Here must I flop,
Or is there aught beyond? What hand unseen
Impels me onward thro' the glowing orbs.
Of habitable nature, far remote,

To the dread confines of eternal night,
To folitudes of vaft unpeopled fpace,
The defarts of creation, wide and wild,
Where embryo fyftems and unkindled funs
Sleep in the womb of chaos ? Fancy droops,
And thought aftonifh'd flops her bold career,
But, oh thou mighty mind! whose pow'rful word
Said, thus let all things be, and thus they were,
Where fhall I feek thy presence ? how unblam'd
Invoke thy dread perfection ?.

Have the broad eye-lids of the morn beheld thee?
Or does the beamy fhoulder of Orion.

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Support thy throne? O look with pity down
On erring, guilty man I not in thy names,
Of terror clad; not with thofe thunders arm'd
That confcious Sinai felt, when fear appal'd
The fcatter'd tribes! thou haft a gentler voice,
That whispers comfort to the fwelling heart,
Abafh'd, yet longing to behold her Maker.
But now my foul, unus'd to ftretch her pow'rs
In flight fo daring, drops her weary wing,
And feeks again the known accuftom'd spot,

Dreft up with fun, and fhade, and lawns, and freams;
A manfion fair and fpacious for its gueft,

And full replete with wonders. Let me here,
Centent and grateful, wait th' appointed time,
And ripen for the skies: the hour will come
When all these splendours bursting on my fight
Shall ftand unveil❜d, and to my ravifh'd fenfe
Unlock the glories of the world unknown.

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The diverting History of John Gilpin'; fhewing how he went farther than he intended, and came? 0

John Gilpin's spouse faid to her dear, qua

Though wedded we have been

Thefe twice ten tedious years, yet we

No holiday have feen..

To-morrow is our wedding-day,

And we will then repair

Unto the Bell at Edmonton,
All in a chaife and pair.

My fifter and my fifter's child,
Myfelf and children three,

Will fill the chaife, so you must ride
On horseback after we.

I am a linen-draper bold,

As all the world doth know, sum} ! 192 And my good friend the callender

Will lend his horfe to go.b savo rd &

Quoth Mistress Gilpin, That's well faid

And, for that wine is dear,ot for pat We will be furnish'd with our own,'' Which is both bright and clear.

John Gilpin kifs'd his loving wife; web 02

O'erjoy'd was he to find

That, though on pleafure fhe was bent,

She had a frugal mind.

The morning came, the chaife was brought, 1

But yet was not allow'd

To drive up to the door, left all

Should fay that he was proud.

So three doors off the chaife was flay'd, koola

Where they did all get in.

Six precious fouts, and all agog

To dafh through thick and thin.

Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never folk fo glad;

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The flones did rattle underneath
As if Cheapfide were mad.

John

John Gilpin at his horse's fide j.b-fonia îb”İ Seiz'd faft the flowing mane w st; hs, A And up he gobi in haftesto ride,t boog noe bak But foon came down again a bail?7

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For faddle-tree fcarce reach'd had he, ribon
His journey to begin,
When, turning round his head, he fawlowe
Three customers come in.

So down he came; for lofs of time,
Although it griev'd him fore,.

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Yet lofs of pence, full well he knew,
Would trouble him much more.

'Twas long before the customers. Were fuited to their mind;

When Betty screaming came down flairs, "The wine is left behind !"

Good lack quoth he-yet bring it me,

My leathern belt likewife,

In which I bear my trusty sword,

When I do exercise.

Now Mistress Gilpin, careful foul!

Had two ftone bottles found, To hold the liquor that she lov'd, Aud keep it fafe and found..

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