Of an extended chain progressive join:
Or as a clock, with all its hidden springs
And constant motions, wound up to the top,
Begins its course, revolving until down.
The distinction between day and night is a wise and gracious provision for man. In the morning, after the weary limbs have repaired their exhausted vigor by the indulgence of soft repose, we are pleased with the blessing of light; and, after a few fleeting hours engaged in our diversified pursuits of the day, we begin to court the evening shades, pleased again to enjoy that balmy retreat which alone refits us for the fatigues of the ensuing day. When a few fleeting hours are spent, the day is no longer gratifying; but its light becomes burdensome, and we wish for the shadows of the evening to be stretched over us. This sable period is scarcely gone, when we welcome the dawning day, andleave the place of our rest with gladness.
Day and night, and their alternate changes, are adapted to suggest useful thoughts, and calculated to employ our serious meditation.
“From night to day, from day to night,
The dawning and the dying light
Lectures of heavenly wisdom read;
With silent eloquence they raise