TO THE READER.

That union of the soul and body here,
Which heaven has ordered, calls for several treatment

To suit its several parts—Our outward man
Asks cheerful exercise ; our inward man

Must have his pauses too from serious thought,
And gathers vigour for his loftier flights
By earthly relaxation-Yet, my friend,
We must not hover here, nor skim the turf
Uninterruptedly, but imp our wings
For rocks aerial and for upper day.