like one who walks in sleep a donlitf ul spun
He gropes through all hia days, till Death un-close
His cheated eyea and in one blinding gleam,
Wakes, to discern the sabstance from the dream.

I say not therefore I deny the birth.
The Vii^n's motherhood, the resurrection,
"Who know not how mine own soul came to earth,
Nor what shall follow death. Man's imperfec- tion
May bound not even in thought the height and girth
Of Grod's omnipotence ; neath his direction
We may approach hia eaaence, but that He
Should dwarf Himself to us — it cannot be !

The God who balances the clouds, who spread
The sky above us like a molten glass,
The God who abut the sea with doors, who tud
Tlie corner-stone of earth, who caused the
Spring forth upon the wilderness, and made
The darkness scatter and the night to pass —
That He should clothe Himself with flesh, and more
Midst worms a worm — this, sun, moon, stars disprove,