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Oh, mighty Jove! whose all-seeing vision knows
The length, and breadth, and depth of human woes,
Why not vouchsafe in love to feeble man,
To keep him safe from ills, or shew the plan
Whereby to shun them? or inform his fate,
And teach what spirit he should cultivate?
^[1]But grieve not thou, nor at thy fate repine;
Since all men own an origin divine;
And sacred nature, to her instincts true,
Exhibits all things to thy willing view.
Observe the precepts I have given thee here;
Apply the cure, and learn no more to fear.
The soul then free shall onward move apace,

^[2]And Wisdom's ways in fearless movement trace.

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and the fruits which she produces, read the seventh and eighth. chapters of the Book of "Wisdom;" also the first and second chapters of "Proverbs."

1. "Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body what you shall put on. Is not the life more than the meat and the body more than the raiment? Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they?" And, "If the grass of the field, which is to-day, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe: how much more you, O ye of little faith? Matt., 6 ch., 25, 26 and 30 ver.
2. I wisdom dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts. The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue. Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine. By [me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just