and in full foliage; the clump
of willows weeping to the very ground, with a gentle wave agitated by
the zephyr; while the other trees keep their firm, majestic posture;
the Hudson river covered with vessels crowded with sail to catch the
scanty breeze; some sweet little chirpers regaling the ear with their
share of pleasure. I think I never heard any little warbler in this
land sing so sweet as those which now salute my ear.

"These are thy glorious works, Parent of good.'

"Can all the philosophic ingenuity of London, this evening,
produce such a scene? The gardens no doubt will be glorious, but the
groundwork is also God's; but why say I that in particular? All is
his; the very notes that warble through so many guilty throats are his
creation; all the art of man cannot add to their number. Sweet bird,
thy notes are innocent, O how sweet. Lovely trees--ye who stand erect,
and ye who weep and wave; I wish no brighter scene. The shadows
lengthen fast, so do yours and mine, my sovereign;* a few, a very
few anniversaries, and we must change the scene--change to where no
courtiers flatter, no false meteors blaze--where shadows flee away,
realities appear, and nothing but realities will stand in any stead.

*Mrs. Graham received a pension as a British officer's widow until
her death.

"O may we meet; for me, I nothing have, I nothing am. But One
there is, who was and is all that the mind of saint or angel can
conceive of glory and of happiness; and he is mine, and I am most
blessed. Lengthen on, ye shadows, until all is shadow on these orbs of
flesh. Then, O then,

"'My captive soul set free
From cloggish earth which oft has made me sigh,
Ascends the eternal hills, as seen to see,
As known to know, and grasp the Deity.'"

"1802.

"Our friend B---- has now proved how far it is safe to leave the
fate of eternity unsettled. He is gone to the state of the dead: with
whom his soul is gathered, He only knows whose mercy none ought to
limit; he is gone to his own place; if without a Surety-righteousness,
which he sought not after in health, we know where that place is; but
after reading of a thief on the cross, nothing with God is impossible.
My mind is much impressed; that sentence rings in my ears, so often
repeated, 'I am determined to do all the good I can, and leave the
rest t