...following lines, where he tells us his thoughts, when he was falling asleep a little after the creation: ' While thus I call'd, and stray'd I knew not whither,...beheld This happy light; when answer none return'd, On a green shady bank, profuse of flowers, Pensive I sate me down, there gentle sleep First found me,...

...some great Maker then, In goodness and in pow'r pre-eminent ;Tell me, how may 1 know him, how adore, From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel...first drew air, and first beheld This happy light j when answer none return' d, On a green shady bank, profuse of flowers, Pensive I sat me down : there...

...Great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent; 21 Tell me, how may I know Him, how adore, From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know. While thus I call'cl, and stray 'd. I knew not whither, From where I first drew air, and first beheld This happy...

...great Maker then, In goodness and in power preeminent : Tell me, how may I know him, how adore 280 From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel...I know ? "While thus I call'd, and stray'd, I knew Ml whither, From where I first drew air, and first beheld 'I his happy light, when answer none retun;'d(...

...is at once transcendently beautiful, and philosophically just : " While thus I call'd, and stnry'd I knew not whither, " From where I first drew air,...first beheld " This happy light, when answer none returned, •" On a green shady bank, profuse of flowers, " Pensive I sat me down ; there gentle sleep...

...great Maker then, In goodnels and in power pre-eminent: ' . Tell me, how may I know him, how adore, 280 From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel...happier than I know. — While thus I call'd, and ftray'd I knew not whither, From where I firfl drew air, and firft beheld This happy light; when, anfwer...

...some Great Maker then. In goodness and in power pre-eminent; Tell me, how may I know Him, how adore, From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel...and first beheld This happy light, when answer none rerurn'd, On a green shady bank, profuse of flowers, Pensive I sat me down; there gentle sleep First...

...power pre-eminent: Tell me, how may I know him, how adore, From whom I have that thus I move and livej And feel that I am happier than I know.— While thus...beheld This happy light; when, answer none return'd, On a green shady bank, profuse of flowers Pensive I sat me down : There gentle sleep First found me,...

...whither, From where I first drew air, and first beheld This happy light ; when answer none rctimi'il, On a green shady bank, profuse of flowers, Pensive I sat me down : there gentle sleep First found roe, -and with soft oppression seiz'd My drowsed sense, untroubled, though I thmijU I then was passing...

...some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent : Tell me, how may I know him, how adore, knamnot whither. From where I first drew air, and fiM^theld This happy light ; when answer none rcturn'd,...