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That might be deemed forbidding, did not there
All generous feelings flourish and rejoice;
Forbearance, charity in deed and thought,
And resolution competent to take
Out of the bosom of simplicity
All that her holy customs recommend,
And the best ages of the world prescribe.
—Preaching, administering, in every work
Of his sublime vocation, in the walks
Of worldly intercourse 'twixt man and man,
And in his humble Dwelling he appears
A Labourer, with moral virtue girt,
With spiritual graces, like a glory, crowned."
"Doubt can be none," the Pastor said, "for whom
"This Portraiture is sketched.—The Great, the Good,
The Well-beloved, the Fortunate, the Wise,
These Titles Emperors and Chiefs have borne,
Honour assumed or given: and Him, the Wonderful,
Our simple Shepherds, speaking from the heart,
Deservedly have styled.—From his Abode
In a dependant Chapelry, that lies
Behind yon hill, a poor and rugged wild,
