Unmissed but by his dogs and by his groom.

Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.

Could he with reason murmur at his case, Himself sole author of his own disgrace?

How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to meet with a proof of it in the effectual and actual grant of them.

The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.

Some write a narrative of wars and feats, Of heroes little known, and call the rant A history.

Gardening imparts an organic perspective on the passage of time.