EVENINGS AT PITCAIRN. 163 
particularly suitable ; there being several copies 
of the same work, such as the Homilies and 
others." 
Considering the employment found by the 
inhabitants, in the ways of industry above de- 
scribed, and the advantage and amusement 
derived from reading — for the people have many 
books of general literature, as well as publica- 
tions of a directly religious character — the day 
cannot be said to hang heavy on their hands in 
Pitcairn's Island. 
How various his employment whom the world 
Calls idle, and who justly in return 
Esteems that busy world an idler too ! 
Friends, books, a garden, and perhaps his pen, 
Delightful industry enjoy'd at home, 
And Nature in her cultivated trim 
Dress'd to his taste, inviting him abroad — 
Can he want occupation who has these ? 
Will he be idle who has much t' enjoy ? 
A life all turbulence and noise may seem, 
To him that leads it, wise, and to be praised ; 
But wisdom is a pearl, with most success 
Sought in still water, and beneath clear skies. 
Cowper. 
When the shades of evening draw on, the 
islanders, one and all, again remember Him, 
who is about their path and about their bed, 
and spieth out all their ways. Nor are they 
slow to acknowledge His claims, who expects 
the grateful homage of His intelligent creatures, 
and whose protection and blessing they beg in 
family worship, before they lie down to sleep. 
And then, without any thought of locks, bolts, 
or bars, — for they have no such defences, nor 
any need of them, — each may feel at night a 
