(^"The .foVowHig quotation from tbe
oiblo niuieates that the ancients were not
without knowledge of the existence of oil
springs:
"He made bin ride on the bigb, places of
the earth, that be might eat the increase
of tbe helds and he ide him to suck ho*,
ney out of the rock, and OIL OUT o* TOE
FLINTY EOCX."
Now let somebody discover a honey serine
and tbe scripture will bo fulfill^
.« «u,
Wlow. Pair I.lliM*, l(iovr.
[Ifrtmi the®. V. J'ust.J
A pastoral effusion, of theamatenr shep
herd school, embodying gome indistinct
I recollections of the country as seen by the
author in hie early youth
fiUaitij? brows« the cooing hefiS
Along the hurling lea,
8*r laioMuis chow the bitter
And crow quite merrily
1
fitrwt Ph51H« tnilks tha gentle Wlf,
A-ringing «oft and low,
tJttto the whistling frogs, the air
Of Blow, Lilies, Blow 1
I laid me down to slumber
t'n a ni^Eyblaeklhorn h^df®,
A»d atchod the jonthful plow-boy
A-plowiug with a dredge
The crickets sang the larks ehs-wee'd,
While with a gentle flow,
Osmeo'er me Fhmis'u song
}f Blow, Pale Lilies, Blow
While couched the shaggv netting ^un
Way in Iht distant Kast,
Oa creamy egg« and gra^^y mead
I made a rustic f*a*tl
1
he night came on—tfre flattering«ows
nt roostinj in a row.
