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Select Poetry. 
What guide can lead me to this power, 
Whom conscience calls me to adore, 
And bids me seek him more and more? 
The Bible. 
When all my actions prosper well, 
And higher hopes my wishes swell, 
What points where truer blessings dwell? "The Bible. 
When passions with temptations join, 
To conquer every power of mine, 
What leads me then to help divine? 
The Bible. 
When pining cares, and wasting pain, 
My spirits and my life-blood drain, 
What soothes and turns e’'en these to gain? The Bible 
When erosses and vexations teaze, 
And various ills my bosom seize, 
What is it that in life can please? 
The Bible. 
When horror chills my soul with fear, 
And nought but gloom and dread appear, 
What is it then my mind can cheer ? The Bible. 
When impious doubts my thoughts perplex, 
And mysteries my reason vex, 
Where is the guide which then directs? 
And when affliction’s fainting breath, 
Warns me I’ve done with all beneath, 
What can comvpose my soul in deatlı ? 
The Bible. 
9. THE BLIND BOY. 
O SAY, what is that thing call’d light, 
° Which I must ne’er enjoy ? 
What are the blessings of the sight ? 
O tell your poor Blind Boy! 
You talk of wond’rous things you see: 
You say the sun shines bright ; 
T feel him warm, but how can he 
Or make it day or night? 
My day and night myself I make. 
Whene’er I sleep or play ; 
And could I always keep awake. 
With me ’twere always day. 
With heavy sighs I often hear 
You mourn my hapless woe ; 
But sure with patience I can bea: 
A loss I ne’er can know. 
Then let not what I cannot have 
My cheer of mind destre”, 
While thus 1 sing, T am a king, 
Although a poor Blind "any,