He, who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, LESSON LXXXII. Hohenlinden. - CAMPBELL. ON Linden, when the sun was low, But Linden saw another sight, By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Then shook the hills, with thunder riven, And redder yet those fires shall glow, Of Iser, rolling rapidly. *Pron. Eser. 'Tis morn, but scarce yon lurid sun * The combat deepens. On, ye brave, And charge with all thy chivalry!† Ah! few shall part where many meet! To him who, in the love of Nature, holds Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, *Pron. cumbat. tch as in church. This is a Greek word, compounded of Thanatos, death, and opsis, a view, or contemplation. It signifies, therefore, "a view, or contemplation of death." Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart; To Nature's teachings, while from all around In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground, Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim To mix forever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible rock, And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Shalt thou retire alone. nor couldst thou wish Stretching in pensive quietness between ; That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The flight of years began, have laid them down The youth in life's green spring, and he who goes To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, LESSON LXXXIV. Charity to Orphans.— STERNE. THEY Whom God hath blessed with the means, and for whom he has done more, in blessing them likewise with a disposition, have abundant reason to be thankful to him, as the Author of every good gift, for the measure he hath bestowed to them of both; it is the refuge against the stormy wind and tempest, which he has planted in our hearts; and the constant fluctuation of everything in this world, forces all the sons and daughters of Adam to seek shelter under it by turns. Guard it by entails and settlements as we will, the most affluent plenty may be stripped, and find all its worldly comforts, like so many withered leaves, dropping from us; the crowns of princes may be shaken; and the greatest, that ever awed the world, have looked back and moralized upon the turn of the wheel. That which has happened to one, may happen to every man; and therefore that excellent rule of our Saviour, in acts of benevolence, as well as everything else, should govern us; "Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye also unto them." Hast thou ever lain upon the bed of languishing, or labored under a distemper, which threatened thy life? Call to mind thy sorrowful and pensive spirit at that time, and say, What was it that made the thoughts of death so bitter?. - If thou hast children, I affirm it, the bitterness of death lay there! If unbrought up, and unprovided for, What will become of them? Where will they find a friend when I am - gone? Who will stand up for them, and plead their cause against the wicked? Blessed God! to Thee, who art a father to the fatherless, and a husband to the widow, I intrust them. Hast thou ever sustained any considerable shock in thy fortune? or has the scantiness of thy condition hurried thee into |