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Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze,
Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees.
Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze,
Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees.
For it would have been better that man should have been born
dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather read more
For it would have been better that man should have been born
dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ
the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
[Lat., Mutos enim nasci, et egere omni ratione satius fuisset,
quam providentiae munera in mutuam perniciem convertere.]
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we read more
Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring
Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial
To my proportion'd strength.
Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial
To my proportion'd strength.
If heaven send no supplies,
The fairest blossom of the garden dies.
If heaven send no supplies,
The fairest blossom of the garden dies.
Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things
to their proper places.
[Lat., Deus haec fortasse read more
Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things
to their proper places.
[Lat., Deus haec fortasse benigna
Reducet in sedem vice.]
God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]
God sends cold according to Cloathes.
[God sends cold according to clothes.]