Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor; — Resignation

"To will what God doth will, that is the only science That gives us any rest."

"Thats best Which God sends. Twas His will: it is mine."

"Bends to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past."

"The pious farmer, who neer misses prayrs, With patience suffers unexpected rain; He blesses Heavn for what its bounty spares, And sees, resignd, a crop of blighted grain. But, spite of sermons, farmers would blaspheme, If a star fell to set their thatch on flame."

"Thus ready for the way of life or death, I wait the sharpest blow."

"To be resignd when ills betide, Patient when favours are denied, And pleased with favours given;— Dear Chloe, this is wisdoms part, This is that incense of the heart Whose fragrance smells to heaven."