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Br those, that deepett feel, are ill expresj'd, The indistinctness of the suffering breast; Where thousand thoughts begin to end in one, Which seeks from all the refuge found in none, No words suffice the secret soul to show, And truth denies all eloquence to woe.

Bjbon.

When a resolution is once formed, the mind gains a sort of composure from the anticipation of putting it into effect, and from the expectation of the event proving favourable to its wishes.

Pause here, and think:—a monitory rhyme Demands one moment of thy fleeting time. Consult life's silent clock, thy bounding vein; Seems it to say, ' Health here has long to reign ?' Hast thou the vigour of thy youth ?—an eye That beams delight ?—a heart untaught to sigh 2 Yet fear!—Youth ofttimes, healthful and at ease, Anticipates a day it never sees, And many a silent tomb, like mine, aloud Exclaims, ' Prepare thee for an early shroud !' On A Tablet In Ryde Church, To The Memory Of Elizabeth Lowe, JEt. 15, By Cowper.