Sketch—New Years Day, 1790
then, is it wise to damp our bliss?
yes—all such reasonings are amiss!
the voice of nature loudly cries,
and many a message from the skies,
that something in us never dies:
that on his frail, uain state,
hang matters of eternal weight:
that future life in worlds unknown
must take its hue from this alone;
whether as heavenly glory bright,
or dark as misery's woeful night.
sihen, my honour'd first of friends,
on this poor being all depends,
let us th' important now employ,
and live as those who never die.
tho' you, with days and h
Sketch—New Years Day, 1790(3/4)