Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so read more

Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so universal and so efficacious as opium.

And pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform,
Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.

And pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform,
Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.

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.

Chance is a nickname for Providence.
[Fr., Le hasard est un sobriquet de la Providence.]

Chance is a nickname for Providence.
[Fr., Le hasard est un sobriquet de la Providence.]

Providence is always on the side of the last reserve

Providence is always on the side of the last reserve

If heaven send no supplies,
The fairest blossom of the garden dies.

If heaven send no supplies,
The fairest blossom of the garden dies.

To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by read more

To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]

In some time, his good time, I shall arrive;
He guides me and the bird
In his read more

In some time, his good time, I shall arrive;
He guides me and the bird
In his good time.

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.]