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* dour of mind, and leifure to look farther, 

 g will be inclined to cry out : 



e How wond'rous is this fcene ! where all is form'd 



' With number, weight, and meafure ! all defign'd 



f For fome great end ! where not alone the plant 



f Of flately growth ; the herb of glorious hue, 



f Or food-full fubflance ; not the laboring Heed, 



( The herd, and flock that feed us ; not the mino 



f That yields us ftores for elegance, and ufe; 



r The fea that loads our table, and conveys 



f The wanderer man from clime to clime, with all 



1 Thofe rolling fpheres, that from on high fhed down 



c Their kindly influence; not thefe alone, 



' Which ftrike ev'n eyes incurious, but each mofs, 



c Each fhell, each crawling infect holds a rank 



' Important in the plan of Him, who fram'd 



c This fcale of beings ; holds a rank, which loll 



f Wou'd break the chain, and leave behind a gap 



* Which Nature's felf would rue. Almighty Being, 

 € Caufe and fupport of all things, can I view 



* Thefe objects of my wonder ; can I feel 



c Thefe fine fenfations, and not think of thee ? 



* Thou who doll thro' th* eternal round of time ; 

 c Doll thro' th' immenfity of fpace exift 



* Alone, fhalt thou alone excluded be 



' From this thy univerfe f Shall feeble man 



c Think it beneath his proud philofophy 



' To call for thy affiftance, and pretend 



f To frame a world, who cannot frame a clod ?— 



' Not to know thee, is not to know ourfelves 



« Is to know nothing—nothing worth the care 



* Of man's exalted fpirit — all becomes 



' Without thy ray divine, one^reary gloom ; 

 ' Where lurk the monfters of phantaftic brains, 



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