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The rural honours his. Whate'r adorns
Trie princely derrte, the column and the arch,
The bee at I- ng marbles and the seulptur'd goldt
Beyand the pr nd possessor's narrow claim,
Hrs tuoess he aft enjoys. For him, the Spring
Distills her dews, and from the Silken gem
Its lucid leaves unsold a : for him, the hand
Of autumn tinges every fertile branch
Wish hlo minggold and blushes like the mom.
Each casing h.ur shecis tribute from her wings ;
And Still ne^r beauties meet his lonely walk ;
And loves onfelt attract him. Not a breeze
Flies o'er the meadow. not a cloud imbiber
The setting Strnss effulgence, nor a strain
Frons all the tenants of the warbling shade
AfcendS. but whence his be fori can partake
Fresh pleasure. mrreprov'd. Nor thence ^rtakes
Fresh plexsureonly : Sor tii' attentive mind,
By this harmonious action on her pow'rs,
Becomes herself harmonious t wont So long
" In outward things ro meditate the charm
Of sacred order. So m sl,e Seeks at hoinc
To find a kindred order, to exert ,
Within herself this elegance of love,
This fair-iaspsrd delight : her temper'd pow'rs
Refine at length. and every passion wears
A chaster, mild-., more attractive mien.
But iS to ampler proSpects, iS to gaze
On nature's form where, negligent os all
These lesser graces, she assumes the port
Of that eternal majesty that weigh'd
The world's foundations, iS to these the mind
Exalts ber dering eye ; then mightier Sar
Will be the change, and nobler. Would the forms
Of Servile custom cramp her generous pow'rs^
Would sordid policies, the barb'rous growth
OS ignorance and rapine, bow her down
To tame porsuies, to indolence and Sear t
Lo ! she appeals to nature, to the winde
And rolling waves, the Sun's unwearied course,
The elements and seasons ; all declare
For what th' eternal Maker hat ordained
The pow'rs oS man : we Seel within ourselves
His energy divioe . he tells the heart,
He meant, he made us to behold and love
What be beholds and loves, the general oib
OS life and berrg ; to be great lake him,
Beneficent and active. Thus the men
Whom nature's works can charm, with God bimsclf
Hold ct^verse ; grow familiar, day by day,
With bis conceptions ; act upon his plan ,
And form, to bis, the relish of their souls- e