Microscopical Essays. 711 



With anxious care it feeketh out the plant which God hath 

 given for it's infant worms. 



Though it feedeth not thereon, neither care th for the verdant 

 leaves,- yet is it led with unerring fearch, and never faileth in it's 

 choice. 



It curioufly fpreadeth forth it's eggs ; and without thought, ful- 

 Illeth it's appointed talk. 



The bee jufl raifed to life, without a teacher fkilfully forms her 

 cell. 



The fage s art is known to her : me has difcovered the mod 

 capacious form, and the belt divifion of fpace. 



Without fcale or compafs fhe nicely meafureth her work, and 

 with great care ftrengtheneth it's foundations. 



She layeth her foundations in the upper part ; fhe buildeth 

 downwards, even unto the ground ; and exquifitely finifheth her 

 work, furpaffing the art of man. 



Behold ! we perceive as yet but a fmall portion of his works ; 

 we fee the operations of his hands as through a glafs darkly^ 

 jet how excellent do they appear !" * 



*■ Hymns to the Supreme Being, in Imitation of the Eaftern Songs 



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