vealed design:

Nor can we be deceived, unless we

see

[gree. The Scripture and the Fathers disaIf after all they stand suspected still, (For no man's faith depends upon his will:)

'Tis

some relief, that points not clearly known,

Without much hazard may be let

And

alone:

after hearing what our Church

can say,

sense;

And which is forced by wit and elo- |

quence.

That private reason 'tis more just to [disturb.

curb, Than by disputes the public peace

No pains she suffered, nor expired with noise;

Her soul was whispered out with God's still voice;

As an old friend is beckoned to a feast,

And treated like a long-familiar guest.

He took her as he found, but found her so,

As one in hourly readiness to go: E'en on that day, in all her trim prepared;

As early notice she from heaven had heard;

And some descending courier from above

[move; Had given her timely warning to reOr counselled her to dress the nuptial

'Tis a fearful night in the winter time,

As cold as it ever can be;

The roar of the blast is heard like the chime

Of the waves of an angry sea.

And the warning roar of a fearful blow

Is heard on the distant hill; And the Norther, see! on the mountain peak

In his breath how the old trees writhe and shriek!

to-night;

He drives from his nostrils the blinding snow,

And growls with a savage will. Such a night as this to be found abroad,

In the drifts and the freezing air. a shivering dog, in the field, by

all day

the road,

With the snow in his shaggy hair. He shuts his eyes to the wind and growls;

He lifts his head, and moans and howls; [sleet, Then crouching low, from the cutting His nose is pressed on his quivering feet

Pray what does the dog do there?

A farmer came from the village plain,
But he lost the travelled way;
And for hours he trod with might
and main

A path for his horse and sleigh;

crusted sleet,

Where she lay when she floundered down.