. Original poems, for infant minds . ended;And pouncing on their furious strife,He stoppd their battle with their life, And so the war was ended. FOR INFANT MINDS. 79 Thus, when in discord brothers live,And frequent blows of anger give, With hate their bosoms rending;In life, with rogues perchance they meet,To take advantage of their heat, Their Ivves in sorrow ending. J. T. CREATION. COME, child, look upwards to the sky Behold the sun and moon,Th expanse of stars that sparkle high, To cheer the midnight gloom. Come, child, and now behold the earth In varied beauty stand :The product view of s
. Original poems, for infant minds . ended;And pouncing on their furious strife,He stoppd their battle with their life, And so the war was ended. FOR INFANT MINDS. 79 Thus, when in discord brothers live,And frequent blows of anger give, With hate their bosoms rending;In life, with rogues perchance they meet,To take advantage of their heat, Their Ivves in sorrow ending. J. T. CREATION. COME, child, look upwards to the sky Behold the sun and moon,Th expanse of stars that sparkle high, To cheer the midnight gloom. Come, child, and now behold the earth In varied beauty stand :The product view of six days birth, How wondrous and how grand ! The fields, the meadows, and the plain, The little laughing hills,The waters too, the mighty main, The rivers and the rills. Come then, behold them all, and say, How came these things to be That stand before, whichever wayI turn myself to see ? Twas God who made the earth and sea, To whom the angels bow ;Twas God, who made both ihee and me- The God who sees us now. J. T. 80 ORIGINAL POEMS,. THE TEMPEST. HARK ! tis the tempests hollow bursting thunder and the rain, While dense and heavy clouds torrents fall upon the plain. See, too, the lightnings vivid flash,In quick succession fire the sky ; All form an universal crashOf elements at enmity The solid earth, as if with fear,Trembles beneath the mighty war : The waters, too, in mountains rear,Loosd from the yoke of natures law Behold the bellowing herds the heathForsake with haste, for shelter fled; While shepherds fly, with panting breath,In equal speed and greater dread. FOR INFANT MINDS. 81 And see yon ancient massive oak, The forests pride for ages stood,Its sturdy stem in shivers broke, Its head drivn downwards in the flood. Tossd by the waves the wretched bark, Alternate see it sink and rise ;Now fixd on rocks, a shatterd mark, For furious winds and billows, lies. In vain the drowning sailors cry, Their shriek is lost while thunders roar; In vain their moans,
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