Devotion's self shall steal a thought from heaven.

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.

The zeal of fools offends at any time.

Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.

For thee I dim these eye and stuff this head With all such reading as was never read.

Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labor when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.