5. Tho' modest, on his unembarrass'd brow Nature had written "Gentleman." BYRON'S Don Juan. GHOST-SUPERSTITION. 1. Angels and ministers of grace, defend us !— Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell, Thou comest in such questionable shape That I will speak to thee. SHAKSPEARE. 2. Avaunt! and quit my sight! let the earth hide thee! 3. I can call up spirits from the vasty deep.- 4. SHAKSPEARE. But will they come, when you do call for them? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, SHAKSPEARE. Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, MILTON'S Comus. 5. They gather round, and wonder at the tale BLAIR'S Grave. 6. For spirits, freed from mortal laws, with ease Assume what sexes and what shapes they please. POPE. 298 GHOST - SUPERSTITION. 7. Matrons who toss the cup, and see 8. A horrid spectre rises to my sight, Close by my side, and plain and palpable, CHURCHILL. 9. 'Tis a history JOANNA BAILLIE. Handed from ages down; a nurse's tale, Which children, open-ey'd and mouth'd, devour; 10. An undefin'd and sudden thrill, SOUTHEY'S Thalaba. That makes the heart a moment still- BYRON'S Siege of Corinth. 11. He shudder'd, as no doubt the bravest cowers When he can't tell what 't is that doth appal. How odd a single hobgoblin's nonentity Should cause more fear than a whole host's identity! BYRON'S Don Juan. BYRON'S Don Juan. 12. Grim reader! did you ever see a ghost? 13. And not in vain he listen’d: Hush!—what's that? I see I see -Ah no! 't is not-yet 't is Ye powers! it is the-the-the-Pooh! the cat! BYRON'S Don Juan. 14. Of clanking fetters-low, mysterious groans- SPRAGUE'S Curiosity. GLOOM. (See CARE.) GLORY. (See AMBITION.) GLUTTONY.-(See DRINKING.) GOD-PROVIDENCE. 1. There's a Divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them as we will. 2. The glorious Author of the universe, SHAKSPEARE. Who reins the winds, gives the vast ocean bounds, 3. God, veil'd in clouded majesty, alone Gives light to all; bids the great system move, SOMERVILE'S Chase 4. Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies? POPE'S Essay on Man. 5. All nature is but art, unknown to thee, All partial evil, universal good; And, spite of pride-in erring reason's spite, POPE'S Essay on Man. 300 GOD-PROVIDENCE. 6. O, all-preparing Providence divine! In thy large book what secrets are enroll'd? To prop the course which thou intend'st to hold! 7. Go, mark the matchless working of the Power 8. Yes, thou art ever present, Power Divine ! DRAYTON. Not circumscrib'd by time, nor fix'd to space, 9. The Lord! how tender is his tear! His justice how august! Hence all her fears my soul derives, There anchors all her trust! 10. O Thou! who dry'st the mourner's tear, How dark this world would be, 11. If, when deceiv'd and wounded here, Who spoke creation into birth, COWPER. HANNAH MORE. DR. DARWIN. MOORE. Arch'd the broad heavens, and spread the rolling earth; Who form'd a pathway for the obedient sun, And bade the seasons in their circles run; And gave man all for comfort, or for good. CHARLES SPRAGUE. 12. Below, above, o'er all he dares to rove, In all finds God, and finds that God all love. CHARLES SPRAGUE. 13. How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, YOUNG'S Night Thoughts. GOLD-WEALTH, &c. 1. Dumb jewels often, in their silent kind, More than quick words, do move a woman's mind. But lures the pirate, and corrupts the friend; But bribes a Senate, and a land's betray'd. POPE'S Moral Essays. 5. Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace, If not, by any means get wealth and place. POPE'S Moral Essays. 6. To whom can riches give repute or trust, Content, or pleasure, but the good and just? POPE'S Essay on Man. |