"Now let me speak no more yet all declar'd "That one so young in pity should be spar'd, "And one so manly ;-on his graceful Neck, "That Chains of Jewels might be proud to deck, "To a small Mole a Mother's Lips have prest,--"And there the Cord ---- my Breath is sore opprest,

"I now can speak again :-my elder Boy "Was that Year drown'd,-a Seaman in an Hoy: "He left a numerous Race; of these would some "In their young Troubles to my Cottage come, "And these I taught an humble Teacher IUpon their heavenly Parent to rely.

"Alas! I needed such Reliance more:"My Idiot-Girl, so simply gay before,

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"Now wept in pain; some Wretch had found a time,
"Deprav'd and wicked, for that Coward-Crime;
"I had indeed my doubt, but I supprest

"The thought that day and night disturb'd my rest;
"She and that sick-pale Brother --- but why strive
"To keep the Terrors of that time alive?

"The Hour arriv'd, the new, th' undreaded Pain, "That came with violence and yet came in vain, "I saw her die: her Brother too is dead;

"Nor own'd such Crime-what is it that I dread?

"The Parish-Aid withdrawn, I look'd around, "And in my School a blest Subsistence found"My Winter-calm of Life: to be of use

"Would pleasant Thoughts and heavenly Hopes pro

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"I lov'd them all; it sooth'd me to presage "The various Trials of their riper Age,

"Then dwell on mine, and bless the Power who gave "Pains to correct us, and Remorse to save.

"Yes! these were Days of Peace, but they are past,"A Trial came, I will believe, a last ;

"I lost my Sight, and my Employment gone, "Useless I live, but to the Day live on;

"Those Eyes which long the Light of Heaven enjoy'd, "Were not by Pain, by Agony destroy'd:

"My Senses fail not all; I speak, I pray,

"By Night my Rest, my Food I take by Day; "And as my Mind looks cheerful to my end,

"I love Mankind and call

my God my Friend."

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that, in the latter times, some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils.

Epistle to Timothy.

ABEL KEENE.

Abel, a poor Man, Teacher of a School of the lower Order; is placed in the Office of a Merchant; is alarmed by Discourses of the Clerks; unable to reply; becomes a Convert; dresses, drinks, and ridicules his former Conduct.-The Remonstrance of his Sister, a devout Maiden.-Its Effect.-The Merchant dies.-Abel returns to Poverty unpitied; but relieved.-His abject Condition. His Melancholy.He wanders about: iss found. His own Account of himself and the Revolutions in his A

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