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incessantly strewed with flowers ! and what wisdom 

 to bid every one of these insensible beings know 

 the precise juncture for their coming forth ! so that 

 no actor on a stage can be more exact in performing 

 his part, can make a more regular entry, or a more 

 punctual exit. 



" Who emboldens the Daffodil to venture abroad 

 in February, and to trust her flowering gold with 

 inclement and treacherous skies ? Who informs the 

 various tribes of fruit-bearing blossoms, that vernal 

 suns, and a more genial warmth, are fittest for their 

 delicate texture ? Who teaches the Clove to stay 

 till hotter beams are prepared to infuse a spicy rich- 

 ness into her odours, and tincture her complexion 

 with the deepest crimson? Who disposes these 

 beautiful troops into such orderly bodies ; retarding 

 some, and accelerating others ? Who has instructed 

 them to file off with such perfect regularity, as soon 

 as the duty of their respective station is over ? and 

 when one detachment retires, who gives the signal 

 for another immediately to advance ? Who, but 

 that unerring Providence, which from the highest 

 thrones of angels, to the very lowest degrees of ex- 

 istence, orders all things in * number, weight and 

 measure.' " Hervey. 



THE END. 



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