"These as they change, Almighty Father! these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of Thee."

Hymn. Line 1.

"Shade, unperceiv'd, so softening into shade."

Hymn. Line 25.

"From seeming evil still educing good."

Hymn. Line 114.

"Come then, expressive silence, muse His praise."

Hymn. Line 118.

"A pleasing land of drowsyhed it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky: There eke the soft delights that witchingly Instil a wanton sweetness through the breast, And the calm pleasures always hover'd nigh; But whate'er smack'd of noyance or unrest Was far, far off expell'd from this delicious nest."

The Castle of Indolence. Canto i. Stanza 6.

"O fair undress, best dress! it checks no vein, But every flowing limb in pleasure drowns, And heightens ease with grace."

The Castle of Indolence. Canto i. Stanza 26.

"Plac'd far amid the melancholy main."

The Castle of Indolence. Canto i. Stanza 30.

"A bard here dwelt, more fat than bard beseems."

The Castle of Indolence. Canto i. Stanza 68.

"A little round, fat, oily man of God."

The Castle of Indolence. Canto i. Stanza 69.

"I care not, Fortune, what you me deny: You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace, You cannot shut the windows of the sky Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve: Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave: Of fancy, reason, virtue, naught can me bereave."

The Castle of Indolence. Canto ii. Stanza 3.

"Health is the vital principle of bliss, And exercise, of health."

The Castle of Indolence. Canto ii. Stanza 55.

"Forever, Fortune, wilt thou prove An unrelenting foe to love; And when we meet a mutual heart, Come in between and bid us part?"

Song.

"Whoe'er amidst the sons Of reason, valour, liberty, and virtue Displays distinguish'd merit, is a noble Of Nature's own creating."

Coriolanus. Act iii. Sc. 3.

"O Sophonisba! Sophonisba, O!"

Sophonisba. Act iii. Sc. 2.

"When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of her land, And guardian angels sung the strain: Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves! Britons never shall be slaves."

Alfred. Act ii. Sc. 5.

"A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave."

Grongar Hill. Line 88.

"Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view?"

Grongar Hill. Line 102.

"Disparting towers Trembling all precipitate down dash'd, Rattling around, loud thundering to the moon."

The Ruins of Rome. Line 40.

"Live while you live, the epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day; Live while you live, the sacred preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies. Lord, in my views, let both united be: I live in pleasure when I live to thee."

Epigram on his Family Arms.

"Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve, And press with vigour on; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown."

Zeal and Vigour in the Christian Race.

"That execrable sum of all villanies commonly called a Slave Trade."

Journal. Feb. 12, 1772.

"Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. "Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.""

Sermon xciii. On Dress.

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

Historical Review of Pennsylvania.

"God helps them that help themselves."

Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757.

"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of."

Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757.

"Plough deep while sluggards sleep."

Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757.

"Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day."

Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757.

"Three removes are as bad as a fire."

Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757.

"Little strokes fell great oaks."

Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757.

"A little neglect may breed mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost."

Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757.

"He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing."

Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757.

"A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone."

Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757.

"Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore."

Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757.

"It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright."

Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757.

"Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other."

Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757.

"We are a kind of posterity in respect to them."

Letter to William Strahan, 1745.

"Remember that time is money."

Advice to a Young Tradesman, 1748.

"Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter."

Letter on the Stamp Act, July 1, 1765.

"Here Skugg lies snug As a bug in a rug."

Letter to Miss Georgiana Shipley, September, 1772.

"There never was a good war or a bad peace."

Letter to Josiah Quincy, Sept. 11, 1773.

"You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am yours."

Letter to William Strahan, July 5, 1775.

"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."

At the signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.

"He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle."

The Whistle. November, 1779.

"Here you would know and enjoy what posterity will say of Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years."

Letter to Washington, March 5, 1780.

"Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes."

Letter to M. Leroy, 1789.

"If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies, And they are fools who roam. The world has nothing to bestow; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home."

The Fireside. Stanza 3.

"To be resign'd when ills betide, Patient when favours are deni'd, And pleas'd with favours given,-- Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's part; This is that incense of the heart Whose fragrance smells to heaven."

The Fireside. Stanza 11.

"Thus hand in hand through life we 'll go; Its checker'd paths of joy and woe With cautious steps we 'll tread."

The Fireside. Stanza 31.

"Yet still we hug the dear deceit."

Content. Vision iv.

"Hold the fleet angel fast until he bless thee."

To-morrow.