iqB GE C G N O M Y 



The Tea that loads our table, and conveys 

 The wanderer man from clime to clime, v;ith all 

 Thofe rolling fpheres, that from on high ilied 



down- 

 Their kindly influence; not thefe alone, 

 Which ftrike ev'n eyes incurious, but each mofs^ 

 Each fhell, each crawling infe6t holds a rank 

 Important in the plan of Him, who fram'd 

 This fcale of beings •, holds a rank, which loft 

 Wou'd break the chain, and leave behind a gap 

 Which nature's felf would rue. Almighty Being, . 

 Caufe and fupport of all things, can i view 

 Thefe objects of my wonder j can i feel 

 Thefe fine fenfations, and not think of thee ? 

 Thou who doft thro' th' eternal round of time ; 

 Doft thro' th' imm-cnfity of fpace exift 

 Alone, ihalt thou alone excluded be 

 From this thy univerfe r Shall feeble man 

 Think it beneath his proud philofophy 

 To call for thy afliflance, and pretend 

 To frame a world, who cannot frame a clod ? — 

 Not to know thee, is not to know ourfelves — 

 Is to know nothing— nothing worth the care 

 Of man's exalted fpirit — all becomes 

 Without thy ray divine, one dreary gloom ; 

 Where lurk the monilers of phantaftic brains. 

 Order bereft of thought, uncxus'd effects. 



Fate 



