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      pm the Italian o / Piflegrina GawdenzL Brightest of spirits ! proudly thron'd < fn ' ^ gh /> |! idft the 'gold flames that flash from star and * fifi , ; ^ Id the vide daseets of th ethereal sky—Th' Incomprehensible , —Almighty One ! Dart the pure radiance of Thy presence down On this benighted val ^^ -r-to mortal eye Display the splendours of Thy Majesty And open all the glories of Thy throne *

      Ages of old * fhee recogmzed *—t ho' seen Dimly amidst Tfoy 'works : —and man upraised Temples and altars to thy shadowed

      name . A God , a Father all thy works proclaim Who is , and fhall be , and hath ever been , Tbo' veil'd in darkness , acid in silence Braised !

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      From the German of Herder . - > ¦—The influence of the good Spreads like the widening shadows of the evening Till life ' s last sun-beam dies . A .

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      The Philosophy vf Evil \ { Proa * Mr . O . Dyer ' s Poetics , ) It was when dark November frown'd ;—Country and town alike were dreary ; Nothing was smiling all around , Nought within cheary . " Oh ! for some pure aethereal sphere , u which no dregs of matter cling , * ' Where flows serene ; th * all-perfect year .

      "From mind ' s pore spring . " k might not be- a Form I view—Stern was his front , and fierce his eye ; His robe niix'd of November ' s hue , On crimson dye . Clamour , aod Rage , and trembling Fear , In grim wild state-Uifote him go ; A <« in bis hand h& couch'd a . spear ; T As towards some fo * .

      ' $ tog not to' me , " he dried * ** df loVes ; « v Sfgh not to * ° ^ Pity 8 strain * ; Wthlnkto lure me to the groves ^ , * To pipe with « wains . u WfkhJot my ^ b ys ^ -I traverse earth , ^ A V ^ Wto ^ ito' ^" ^ ! pierce the sea 5 ^ ftftery creature / % tU ' btrtb ^ w boand to me .

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      » 1 « EacH irom me some strong instinct - araws , << : Which towards its kin engenders . strife ; " Birds , 'fishes , yielding to my laws , ** Prey upon life . " Have you not beard in distant wood , : tc How greedy beasts pursne their wi&f £ " By turns , each drinks sonie ^ creature ' ^ blood , " By turns the prey .

      " Have you not njark'd the busy wfrrld , < c Where reason forriis its wisest plan ? » * How man , by furious passions whirl * < J , «« Preys upon man ?

      " / Tis mine—I stir the active thought , " I rouse the passions , urge the deed ; , ~ ** And there I feast , where thousands fought , "And thousands bleed .

      (< 'Midst storms and fires I sit arid sing , * Most pleas * d where least I see of form ; * ' I sail upon the whirlwind's wing , * ' And guide the storm . " When ^ Etna belches flame around , " I gaze and gaze with greedy eye ,

      " Where cities , late with plenty crown ^ d ^ ** In rums lie . c I > oes ocean rave ? I took and think •** Unmffted on tb « sounding shore , " And rise with joy , as thousands sink , ** To rise no more .

      " Do earthquakes growl beneath the land ? ** I wait expectant of the sight ; ** And grow , as earth's wide jaws ex-- pand , " Wild with delight .

      cc Of life their babes when Hindoos spoil , " The pious deed I loud proclaim , * ' And of their widow ' s funeral pile , " I light the flame .

      *• 'Tis mine- ^ -all mine— - I" boast # * e deeds— - . . / " And call myself the friend of man *—^ 'Tis mine—and see ! the wo ' ril prot ceet !( s— . - ^ ' " "Tis nature ' s plan . . -

      ** On man what crowding ills attend I , y .. * * ' See'how creation pants for room \ l * ?« Ah I wretch- ^ -1 baste , tba * wretch ' * . friend , > , " To . butld hit ton ^ b , " * - 'I

      • The £ eralau M ^ i ^ he ^ tcl two , p ^ nci - ^ ples > ooe the author of good , the ot ^ r of evil ; the latter was ^ alle / i Achityra ^ , This p ^ rsoiiaij ^ is called in the C | ia ^ A | p orae ^ ir ^ y di % fent nocae ^ , Hecate , CXicri ' T * t ) $ ux , KCLKTjt vXrXj Kteiuca ; « tter bwt-

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1816, page 615, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2457/page/51/