denies charity.

When gentle violet lifts its blue eye to heaven, and

crown imperial unveils its regal splendor to the sun;

when the modest grass, inhabiting the whole earth, stoops [30]

meekly before the blast; when the patient corn waits

on the elements to put forth its slender blade, construct

the stalk, instruct the ear, and crown the full corn in the [1]

ear,—then, are mortals looking up, waiting on God,

and committing their way unto Him who tosses earth's

mass of wonders into their hands? When downtrodden