nature, aocl (like their great master) distribute tlierr 

 ?tres, to men, animals, ami -vegetables, as ihty are alls 

 to bear them. 



ft But brside waters,, here are'cantoned various par- 

 ties of winds,, mild- or fierce-,- ireuht' or boisterous, fur- 

 nished with hixezy wings, tojfa/r 4 he glowing firmament", 

 or else fitted to act as- an universal keeioirr-,- and by 

 jiweeping the chambers or" the atmosphere to cleanse the 

 line aerial fluid. . \Vithou4 this wholesome agency of tiie 

 winds, the air would stagnate and become putrid : so- 

 tluit ail the threat cities 1*1 the world, instead of being 

 seats of elegance, would decent rat^'iato sinks of -corrup- 

 tion. 



" At sea, the winds swell the mariner's sails, and 

 speed his course along the watry way By land they 

 perform the office of an immense seed\ man, scattering 

 abroad the setds of .numberless plains, which, though 

 the support of many aninr<us r .are too small for the nia-* 

 nagement, or too mean for the attention of man. 



" Here are lightnings stationed, in act to spring when- 

 ever their piercing flask ia iu ees^ry, either ts deshoy 

 the sulphureous vapour : or disiocige an v other noxious 

 matter, wiucii might prejudice the delicate temptrdture 

 of tiie ether, and obscure it^ m)re.tUan cr^staline tra-iis* 

 parency. 



" Above all is sitiu^e a radiant and inajestic orb> 

 \vhich enil^tsi, is ai-d c'u-ers ti:- inhabitants of the eartii : 

 \v_hile ihe ^;. t y a scalar address, an. p.tifits \*..* us^tul- 

 Jiets. Its njlecting power au^meiits I'-ii-it L^-ui, wiiich is 

 the life of iiucure : ii re fry ding powc-r prolongs that 

 splendor, wi> n \^ the utc -. v of UK- creation. 



" I say augments the ii^at. For the air is a ewer- 

 \vhich, .\vitlu-.ut opprt-ssing us with any percciva!;. 

 cenfine*, reLects, and tliert -by increases the vivifying i 

 of.lhe suiu Ti.e i'ir iiic.^ases ^-.13 r^urh in tne 



as our clothes give aikhtiGiiui titat to our bodj : 



