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If heaven send no supplies,
The fairest blossom of the garden dies.
If heaven send no supplies,
The fairest blossom of the garden dies.
Fear not, but trust in Providence,
Wherever thou may'st be.
Fear not, but trust in Providence,
Wherever thou may'st be.
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.
Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life
Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life
We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to
enhance the value of its favours.
We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to
enhance the value of its favours.
There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow
There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow
Who finds not Providence all good and wise,
Alike in what it gives, and what denies.
Who finds not Providence all good and wise,
Alike in what it gives, and what denies.
Who sees with equal eye, as God of all,
A hero perish, or a sparrow fall,
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Who sees with equal eye, as God of all,
A hero perish, or a sparrow fall,
Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd,
And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
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.]
