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formed his life according to the creator's laws, he 

 would not only have been happy himself in this new 

 paradise, but have made every thing around him so. 

 It is, however, a melancholy truth, that the vices, evil 

 passions, and cruelty of man, have been the chief 

 cause of the miseries of the animal creation, who 

 would otherwise have sported in happiness and en- 

 joyment around him. 



Great God of Nature ! Tis thy voice 

 That bids th' obedient world rejoice ! 

 'Tis in the depths of ocean heard, 

 And in the forest where the bird 

 Joins with her mate the song to raise 

 And celebrate their Maker's praise. 

 The opening buds their offerings pour, 

 Their fragrance swells the teeming store 

 Of incense, caught from hill and dale, 

 And wafted, on the spicy gale. 

 And there's the music of the breeze 

 That's answer'd by the murmur'ng trees. 

 Afar the placid, lowing herd, 

 Advancing to the well known word ; 

 While unseen the cuckoo near, 

 Pours his note upon the ear. 

 Soar upward to the glowing sky. 

 Gay lark, with untaught melody ; 

 And in thy early flight thou'lt meet 

 Near to earth with burden sweet 

 The grateful bee and higher still 

 The giddy moth but pause not, till 

 Heaven's gate thou finds't in fields of air, 

 And sing thy morning anthem there. 

 Amidst this joyous sound of gladness, 

 Shall man retain one tone of sadness? 

 Shall he for whom, all things were given, 

 Refuse his offering to heaven ? 



