7 Nor | saw thy | beauty, both to | see and | feel | 7 That | thou art | lovely, 17 and thy | presence | life: | 77 | 7 Re- | store the | wanderer, | 7 and sup- | port the | weak 7 | With thy sus- taining | arm, | 7 for | strength is | thine.|77|77| 7 And | Oh! | 7 pre- | serve this | tempest beaten | bark | 7 From sinking in the | wave, 17 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. |77|77| THE DOG AND WATER LILY. Cowper. 7 The | moon was | shady | 7 and | soft | airs 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 | wanton'd | lost in | flags | 7 and | reeds 7 | 7 Pur- | sued the | swallow o'er the | meads 7 | 7 With | scarce a | slower | flight. |77|77| 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 Es- | caped my | eager | hand.|77|77| Beau | mark'd | 7 my | unsuc- | cessful | pains 7 | 7 With | fix'd con- | siderate | face, 7| 7 And | puzzling | 77 | sat his | puppy | brains 7 | 7 To | compre- | hend the | case. |77|77| But with a | chirup | clear and | strong, | 7 Dis- | persing | all his | dream, 7 | 7I | thence with- | drew 7 | 7and | follow'd | long 7 | 7 The | windings | 7 of the | stream. | 77 | 77 7 My | ramble | finish'd | I re- | turn'd, | 77 | Beau 7 | (trotting | far be- | fore) 7 | 7 The | floating | wreath | 7 a- | gain dis- | 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 Charm'd with the | sight, | 7 the | world, |71| cried, 7 | 7 Shall | hear of | this thy | deed: 7 | 7 My | dog shall | mortify the | pride 7 | 7 Of | man's | 7 su- | perior | breed: |77| 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, | 77 | 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 | gene- | ration. |77|77| 7 Of | every | clean | beast 7 | thou shalt | take to thee by | sevens, | 7 the | male and his | female : | 77 | 7 and of | 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. | 77| 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 | every | thing 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|77| 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. 7 7| 7717 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, | 7 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 and | every | creeping | thing that | creepeth | upon the earth 7 | after | his | kind, 1 7 and | every | fowl | after his | kind, 7 | every | bird of | every | sort. 7| 777 And they | went | in unto | Noah | into the | ark, | 77| two and two of | all | flesh, | 7 where- | in is the breath of | life. |77|77|7 And | they that | went 7 | in, 7 | went in | male and | female, of | all | flesh, 7 | 7 as | God had com- | manded him. | 7 7 | And the | Lord 7 | shut him | in. |77|77| 7 And the flood was | forty | days | upon the earth: 77. 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: 7 7| 7 and the | ark went | up on the | face of the | waters. | 77|77|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|77| Fif-| teen | cubits | upward | did the | waters pre- | vail; | 7 and the | mountains were | covered. | 77 | 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. 7777 | All in whose | nostrils | 7 was the | breath of | life, | 7 of | 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, 777 both 7 | man, | 7 and | cattle, | 7 and the | creeping | things, 7| 7 and the | fowl of the | heaven 3 | 77| And they were de- | stroyed from the | earth: 777 |