“'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to…”

“For other things mild Heav'n a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with…”

“I saw two clouds at morning Tinged by the rising sun, And in the dawn they floated on…”

“And they were canopied by the blue sky, So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful That God alone was…”

“In the morning, when thou art sluggish at rousing thee, let this thought be present; "I am rising…”

“Fly not yet; 't is just the hour When pleasure, like the midnight flower That scorns the eye…”