7 Nor saw thy | beauty, both to see and | feel | | 7 That | thou art | lovely, | 7 and thy | presence | life: | 77 | 7 Re-store the | wanderer, | 7 and sup- | port the | weak 7 With thy sustaining | arm, | 7 for | strength is | thine. | 77 | 77 | 7 And | Oh! | 7 pre- | serve this | tempest beaten | bark | 7 From sinking in the wave, 7 whose | swelling | surge Threatens to over- | whelm, | 7 For- | sake her | not 7 | 7 But | be her | Pilot, | 7 7 | though | no | sun nor ¦ star 7 | 7 Ap- | pear a- | mid the | gloom; | for if a | ray | 7 From thy all | cheering presence, | 7 7 | light her course 7 She rides the ❘ storm se- | cure, | 7 7 | and in | due | time 7 7 Will reach her | destined | port, 7 | 77 | 7 and | be at ¦ peace. | 7 7 | 77 |. THE DOG AND WATER LILY. Cowper. 7 The moon was | shady | 7 and | soft airs 7 | Swept | Ouse's silent | tide, 7 | When 7 | 'scaped from | literary | cares, 7 | 7 I ¦ wander'd | 7 on his | side. | 77|77| 7 My | spaniel, | prettiest of his | race, 7| 7 And | high | 7 in | pedigree, | (Two | nymphs | 7 a- | dorned with | every | grace 7 | That spaniel | found for | me,) 7 | Now I wanton'd | lost in | flags | 7 and | reeds 7 | 7 Pur- | sued the | swallow o'er the | meads 7 | It was the time when | Ouse dis- | play'd | 7 His lilies | newly | blown; 7 | 7 Their | beauties | I in- | tent | 7 sur| | vey'd 7 | 7 And one I wish'd my | own. | 77 | 77 | 7 With cane ex- | tended | far 7 | 71 | sought 7 | 7 To steer it | close to | land;7| 7 But still the prize | 7 though | nearly | caught, 7 | 7 Escaped my | eager | hand. | 77 | 77 | Beau | mark'd | 7 my | unsuc- | cessful | pains 7 | 7 And puzzling | 7 7 | sat his | puppy | brains 7 But with a | chirup | clear and strong, | 7 Dis- | persing | all his | dream, 7 | 7I thence with- | drew 7 | 7 and follow'd | long 7 | 7 The windings | 7 of the | stream. | 7 7 | 7 7 7 My | ramble | finish'd | I re- | turn'd, | 7 7 Beau 7 (trotting | far be- | fore) 7 | 7 The floating wreath | 7 a- | gain dis 771 cern'd | 7 And | plunging | left the | shore. | 77 | 77 | 7 I | saw him with that | lily | cropped 7 | 7 Im- | patient | swim to meet 7 | 7 My quick ap- | proach | 7 and | soon he | dropped 7 | 7 The | treasure | 7 at my | feet. | 77 | 77 | deed: 7 | Charm'd with the | sight, | 7 the | world, | 71 | cried, 7 | 7 Shall hear of this thy | 7 My dog shall | mortify the pride 7 | 7 Of man's 7 su- | perior | breed | 77 : 71 7 But | chief | 7 my- | self | I will en- | join, 7 | 7 A- | wake at | duty's | call, 7 | 7 To | show a | love | 7 as | prompt as | thine 7 | 7 To Him who gives me | all. | 77 |77| THE DELUGE. GENESIS, CHAPTER VII. And the Lord 7 | said unto | Noah, | 7 7 | Come | | thou, | 7 and all thy | house | into the ark: | 77 | 7 for thee have I seen | righteous be- | fore me | 7 in | this 7 generation. | 77 | 77 | 7 Of beast 7 thou shalt take to thee by male and his female : | 77 | 7 and of | | every | clean sevens, | 7 the | beasts that are | not 7 | clean | 7 by | two, 7 | 7 the | male and his | female. | 77 | 7 Of | fowls | also | 7 of the air | 7 by | sevens, | 7 the male and the | female; | 7 to | keep 7 | seed a- | live | upon the | face of | all the | earth. | 7 7 | 777 For | yet 7 | seven | days 7 | and I will cause it | 7 to rain upon the earth | forty | days | 7 and | forty | nights: | 77 | 7 and every | living | substance | 7 that I have | made, 7 | will I de- | stroy 7 | 7 from | off the face of the earth. | 77 | 77 | 7 And Noah | did | 7 ac- | cording unto all that the Lord com- | manded him. | 77 | 7 And | Noah was | six | hundred | years | old, 7 | 7 when the | flood of waters was upon the | earth. | 77 | 77 | 7 And | Noah | went 7 | in 7 | 7 and his sons, | 7 and his wife, | 7 and his | sons' | wives | with him, | into the ark, 7 be- | cause of the | waters of the | flood. 7 7 7 7 | 7 Of | clean | beasts | 7 and of | beasts that are not 7 | clean, | 7 and of | fowls, | 7 and of everything that | creepeth | upon the | earth, | 77 | There went in 7 | two and | two 7 | 7 unto | Noah | into the ark, 7 the male and the | female | 7 as God had com- manded | Noah- | 77 | 77 | And it | came to pass after seven | days, | 7 that the waters of the flood were upon the | earth. | 77 | 7 7 | 7 In the | six | hundredth | year of | Noah's | life, | 7 in the second | month, | 7 the | seventeenth | day of the month, | 7 the | same | day, | 7 were | all the | fountains of the great | deep | broken up, 7|7 and the windows of | heaven | 7 were opened. | 77 | 7 7 | 7 And the | rain | was upon the earth | forty | days | 7 and forty | nights. | 77 | 77 | 7 In the self 7 | same | day | entered | Noah, | 7 and | Shem, | 7 and | Ham, 7|7 and | Japheth, | 17 the sons of Noah; | 7 and | 7 Noah's | wife, | 7 and the three wives of his sons | with them, | into the | ark: |77| They, 7 | 7 and | every | beast | after his | kind, |7 and | all the cattle | after | their | kind, | 7 the and every creeping | thing that | creepeth | upon earth 7 | after | his | kind, | 7 and | every | fowl | after his kind, 7 | every | bird of | every | sort. 7 | 77 | 7 And they went | in unto | Noah | into the | ark, | 77 | two and two of | all | flesh, | 7 where- | in is the | breath of | life. | 7 7 | 7 7 | 7 And ❘ they that | went 7 in, 7 went in | male and female, of all | flesh, 7 | 1 7 as God had com- manded him. | 7 7 | And the Lord 7 shut him | in. | 7 7 | 7 7 | 7 And the flood was forty | days upon the earth : | 7 7.| 7 and the | waters in- | creased, | 7 and | bare up the ark, | 77 | and it was | lift | up a- | bove the | earth. | 77 | 77 | 7 And the | waters pre- | vailed, 7 | 7 and were in- | creased | greatly | upon the | earth : | 77 | 7 and the | ark went | up on the | face of the waters. | 7 7 7 7 7 And the waters pre- | vailed ex- ceedingly | 7 upon the earth. 7 | 77 | 7 And all the high | hills | 7 that were | under the | whole | heavens, | 7 were | covered. | 77 | 7 7 | Fifteen | cubits upward | did the | waters pre- | vail; | 7 and the mountains were | covered. | 7 7 | 77 | 7 And | all | flesh | died 7 that | moved upon the | earth, 7 | both of | fowl, 7 | 7 and of | cattle, | 7 and of | beast, 7 | 7 and of every | creeping | thing | 7 that | creepeth | upon the earth, 7 and every | man. | 7 7 | 7 7 | All in whose | nostrils | 7 was the | breath of | life, | 7 of | 1 all that was in the | dry 7 | land, | died. | 77 | 77 | 7 And every living | substance | was de- | stroyed 7 | 7 which was upon the | face of the | ground, 7 | 7 7 | both 7 | man, | 7 and | cattle, | 7 and the creeping | things, 77 and the | fowl of the | heaven; | 77 | And they were de- | stroyed from the | earth : | 7 7 | 7 |