XVII. Ah! had he listened to the warning given, His vessel's course had been a voice from heaven; And him who rambles where the meadows bloom, XVIII. And many a tempest past might well have told, In that one anchor which shall never fail, Stedfast and sure above, made firm "within the veil." XIX. Thus has a wise and ever equal hand And mind the Christian, on his heavenward way, P XX. Oh, that our hearts were wise as God is good, Is scattered everywhere, from pole to pole; One lamp is in our hand *-ten thousand in the skies. "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet."-PSALM CXIX. 105. XLIV. ADVERSITY. "Our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory."-2 Cor. iv. 17. I. He who is newly floating o'er The bosom of the ocean, And knows but little of the lore That rules the vessel's motion, Might dread a cross wind's mighty force, II. Not so the mariner well skilled III. Even thus life's voyagers, who know When seeming adverse tempests blow, IV. In sweet security they rest Above the heaving billow, Calm as the babe upon the breast Of love-its native pillow: Each storm, they know, but wafts them o'er More swiftly to the peaceful shore. XLV. THE HYACINTHS. I. Two bulbs upon my mantel-shelf Each with a long glass to itself, II. A week or more in russet hue, Each bulb remained, nor leaf in view Appeared, nor sign of life. III. At length full many a fibre shoots— Directly downward from the roots, |