3. Against the head which innocence secures, Insidious malice aims her darts in vain, Turn'd backward by the powerful breath of heaven. DR. JOHNSON. 4. There is no courage but in innocence; No constancy, but in an honest cause. SOUTHERN. 5. And with her graceful wit there was inwrought A mildly-sweet unworldliness of thought. CAMPBELL. 7. As the stain'd web, that whitens in the sun, Grows pure by being purely shone upon. MOORE. MOORE'S Lalla Rookh. 8. Hope may sustain, and innocence impart Her sweet specific to the fearless heart. CHARLES SPRAGUE. INSECT. 1. The careful bee amidst his work I view 2. The spider, of mechanic kind, Aspir'd to science more refin'd. GAY'S Rural Sports. GAY's Fables. 3. I'd be a butterfly born in a bower, Where roses, and lilies, and violets meet, And kissing all buds that are pretty and sweet. T. H. BAYLY. 4. The harmless locust of the western clime, CARLOS WILCOX. 5. The russet grasshopper at times is heard, Snapping his many wings, as half he flies, Half hovers in the air. CARLOS WILCOX. 6. Beside the stream, collected in a flock, 7. The butterfly, That seem'd a living blossom of the air. CARLOS WILCOX. CARLOS WILCOX. 8. The dandy of the summer flowers and woods. 9. Thou sweet musician, that around my bed SIMMS. EDWARD SANFORD. 10. Our veins' pure juices were not made for thee, Thou living, singing, stinging atomy. EDWARD SANFORD. 352 INSTINCT-SENSES. INSTINCT-SENSES. 1. The power is Sense, which from abroad doth bring The colour, taste, and touch, and scent, and sound, The quantity and shape of everything, Within earth's centre or earth's circle found. DAVIES' Immortality of the Soul. 2. And though things sensible be numberless, 3. If we had nought but sense, each living wight, In a more clear and excellent degree. DAVIES' Immortality of the Soul. 4. Lastly, nine things to sight requir'd are; The power to see, the light, the visible thing, Being not too small, too thin, too nigh, too far, Clear space, and time, the form distinct to bring. DAVIES' Immortality of the Soul. 5. These wickets of the soul are plac'd on high, Because all sounds do lightly mount aloft; And that they may not pierce too violently, They are delay'd with turns and windings oft. For, should the voice directly strike the brain, It would astonish and confuse it much; Therefore these plaits and folds the sound restrain, That it the organ may more gently touch.. DAVIES' Immortality of the Soul. 6. And yet good sense doth purify the brain, Awake the fancy, and the wits refine; Hence old devotion incense did ordain, To make men's spirits apt for thoughts divine. DAVIES' Immortality of the Soul. 7. By touch the first pure qualities we learn, 8. Which quicken all things - hot, cold, moist and dry; DAVIES' Immortality of the Soul. Here streams ascend, That in mix'd fumes the wrinkled nose offend. GAY'S Trivia. 9. In the nice bee what sense, so subtly true, POPE'S Essay on Man. 10. Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; POPE'S Essay on Mun. 11. Reason raise o'er instinct as you can, 12. Tell me why the ant 'Mid summer's plenty, thinks of winter's want? POPE. It might elude the foresight of her care? Distinct in either insect's deeds appear The marks of thought, contrivance, hope, and fear. PRIOR. 13. Evil like us they shun, and covet good; Abhor the poison, and receive the food; Like us they love or hate; like us they know PRIOR. 354 INTELLECT - INTENTION, &c. 14. Reason's progressive, Instinct is complete ; The patriarch pupil would be learning still. YOUNG'S Night Thoughts. 15. The meaner tribe the coming storm foresees; The latent horror or the ambush'd foes; O'er each blind moment hangs the funeral pall— Heaven shines, earth smiles, and night descends on all! The New Timon. INTELLECT.-(See GENIUS.) INTENTION. (See DESIGN.) JAIL. (See IMPRISONMENT.) JEALOUSY-SUSPICION. 1. Foul jealousy! thou turnest love divine To joyless dread, and mak'st the loving heart SPENSER'S Fairy Queen. |