PART FIRST:

PHYSICAL LIFE.

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Life.

Infant, sporting with the breeze,
In thine innocence and ease,
Yet awhile the nectar sip,
With thy playful, curling lip.

Child! amid the scented bloom,
Where each zephyr breathes perfume,
Linger still, and nerve thy arm
For the day of coming harm.

Youth, just entering on the strife
Which begirts the path of life;-
Brave its dangers with thy might,
Press thee onward to the fight.

Man of care, with duties pressed,

Seek at home thy quiet rest;

Shun the crowd where pleasures live

Unto God thy service give.

Aged man, bowed down with years,

Quiet still thy rising fears;

Heaven is dawning on thy way,

With its pure effulgent ray.

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