To the Author on his two late publifht 



Pieces, 1 he tiypvthijit of the Law 



of Nature, and, ihe Htftory 



of Propagation. 



S I R, 



OF 1 are to th' privy Chambers of the minde 

 You led 's, to vvnich a glimmering ray had fhin'd 

 From God th'Abyis of light ; bur much adoe 

 There had been made to iiop that ray out too. 

 Here 'twas you drew a Curtain, and we faw 

 The facred Tables of our Natures Law : 

 The frame of which was made of poliflit glafs, 

 Where each Soul, fair and foul, might fee its face : 

 And there hung Juilice Scale, ready to weigh 

 All anions, good and bad, juft as they lay : 

 Ju .ice her felf we faw not, for 'twas fed, , 

 1 hat long agoe her Ladyfhip was fled. 

 But Duties way-marks, up and down there flood, 

 And the forgotten bounds of 111 and Good, 

 Much Furniture befides ; all by th'abufe 

 Of new invented fafhions, out of ufe. 



Now Sir, you'rwalkt abroad, you teach to Sow, 

 And Plant, and Graft, and fhew how all things grow 

 By th'beft improvements ; how to harnefs Art 

 W ith Nature, and to make her draw her part „• 

 How Nature varies all her Scenes, and makes 

 Things orderly and ufeful for our fakes. 

 You trace her fteps, and make us plainly fee'r, 

 To be great Providence that guides her feet : 



Thus when at home, fpd when abroad, you caa 

 Contrive to honor God, and pleafure Man. 

 Will: Party, Scholl; of New Coll. 



