THE ADDRESS OF A LADY'S SCULL, PLACED ON
A PILLAR NEAR THE FORMER.

BLUSH not, ye Fair, to own me, but be wise;
Nor turn from sad mortality your eyes.

Fame says, and fame alone can tell how true,

I once was lovely, and belov'd like you.
Where are my vot'ries-where my flatt'rers now?
Gone with the subject of each lover's vow.
Adieu the roses red, and lilies white,

Adieu those eyes, which made the darkness light:
No more, alas! that coral lip is seen,

No longer breathes the fragrant gale between.
Turn from your mirror, and behold in me,
At once what thousands can't, or dare not see.
Unvarnish'd, I the real truth impart,

Nor here am plac'd but to direct the heart;
Survey me well, ye fair ones, and believe,
The grave may terrify, but can't deceive.
On beauty's fragile base no more depend:
Here youth and pleasure, age and sorrow end;
Here drops the mask-here shuts the final scene,
Nor differs grave threescore from gay fifteen.
All press alike to that same goal, the tomb,
Where wrinkled Laura smiles at Chloe's bloom.
When coxcombs flatter, and when fools adore,
Learn here the lesson, to be vain no more,
Yet virtue still against decay can arm,

And even lend mortality a charm.

THE END.

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Creation and Providence ............Ditto ....

Lines on a Prospect at Hawkestone.Sir R. Hill......
Address to the Deity ...............G. Dyer
The Call of Gratitude ...............Oratorio of Abel 10

......... 8

Giving thanks unto God always ... Browne

11

Praising God throughout our Existence.....Hegin-

bothom........

12

Praise to God in Prosperity and Adversity....Mrs.

The dying Love of Christ ......

The Angel's Reply to the Women, &c. Dod-

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25

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...Mrs. Barbauld... 26

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.Heginbothom... 28

The Saviour remembered

Divine Love displayed, &c. .....
Not ashamed of Christ.......

Whose I am, and whom I serve ....Doddridge...... 30

The Pleasures of Religion ...... .......Mrs. Masters... 36
Lord's Day Morning.......... ...J. Stennett..... 37

The

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proper Return for Maternal Tenderness
The grateful Tribute of Children

Domestic Peace and Love ..........Watts............ 42

The Young uniting in devotional Exercises.......

42

Living in the fear of God, &c..................Doddridge ... 53

Industry

Give us this Day our daily Bread

54

55

Self-examination for the Evening... Brown......... 55

Vain Conversation, and Folly in Dress. Watt...... 66

Holy Diligence....

67

The Caution

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68

To a Young Person, with a Watch... Mrs. Carter... 69

1 must work the Work, &c.............Fawcett

72

Reflections on hearing the Bell toll, &c............. 81
At the Funeral of a Young Person ... Mrs. Steele... 83
Comfort in God on the loss of Friends. Fawcett...... 84
Emblems of Man's Resurrection

The Day of Judgment

The Books opened

85

...Mrs. Steele... 88

....Gibbons....... 89

Virtuous Friendship renewed, &c. ....E. Bently.... 90

For Children before they go to Work. Wesley...... 94