Where’er Thy providence directs, behold

My steps with cheerful resignation turn!

Fate leads the willing, drags the backward on.

Why should I mourn, when grieving I must bear;

Or take with guilt what, guiltless, I might share!’

John Waters.

LINES TO BLUMINE.

When day gives place to sweeter night,

And twinkling stars come out on high,

Like sentinels in armor bright,