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which God has taught to mere animals." We mean 

 not, however, to lecture, either by means of Peter 

 Parleys eloquence or our own, for we know 'tis vain. 

 Were we by trade fishermen or game-keepers, we 

 could take life and be grateful, but not without a 

 pang ; but having no such calling, be it ours to seek 

 for relaxation and health, for calm, and reflection, 

 and joy, on the mountain's brow and river's banks, 

 and far from shortening the lives of their natural 

 and happy tenantry, find those sweets enhanced in 

 the conviction that, to the full measure of their 

 capacity, they enjoy life, and dislike pain, not less 

 than we. 



Thy universal works are full of Thee, 

 The least, the greatest, — each and all divine ! 

 While Nature, eloquent of Deity, 

 Holds everywhere her mild triumphant sign, 

 Through which thy everlasting glories shine ! 

 The changing seasons and the march of time, 

 The tree, the flower, the field, the river thine ! 

 Heaven, earth, and sea, in one harmonious chime, 

 Hymn forth the Holy God — the Beautiful — Sublime. 



Mullen. 



