Prayer ardent opens heaven.

Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings but himselfThat hideous sight,-a naked human heart.

It calls Devotion! genuine growth of night! Devotion! Daughter of Astronomy! An undevout astronomer is mad!

The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss.

The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss.

Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . Less base the fear of death than fear of life. O Britain! infamous for suicide.

Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled.