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THE TWO GARDENERS.
TWO Gardeners once beneath an oak,
Lay down to rest, when Jack thus spoke;
"You must confess, dear Will, that nature
"Is but a blundering kind of creature;
"And I—nay why that look of terror?
"Could teach her how to mend her error."
"Your talk," quoth Will, "is bold and odd,
"What you call nature I call God."
"Well, call him by what name you will,"
Quoth Jack, "he manages but ill;
"Nay, from the very tree we're under,
"I'll prove that Providence can blunder."
Quoth Will, "through thick and thin you dash,
"I shudder, Jack, at words so rash;
"I trust to what the Scriptures tell,
"He hath done always all things well."
Quoth Jack, "I'm lately grown a wit,
"And think all good a lucky hit.
"To this vast oak lift up thine eyes,
"Then view that acorn's paltry size;
"How foolish! on a tree so small,
"To place that tiny cup and ball.
"Now look again, yon pompion
A Gourd.
see,
"It weights two pounds at least, nay three,
"Yet this large fruit where is it found?
"Why, meanly trailing on the ground.
"Had Providence ask'd my advice,
"I wou'd have chang'd it in a trice;
"I would have said at nature's birth,
"Let acorns creep upon the earth;
"But let the pompion, vast and round,
"On the oak's lofty boughs be found."
He said—and as he rashly spoke,
Lo! from the branches of the oak,
A wind, which suddenly arose,
Beat show'rs of acorns on his nose;
"Oh! oh!" quoth Jack, "I'm wrong I see,
"And God is wiser far than me.
"For did a show'r of pompions large,
"Thus on my naked face discharge,
"I had been bruis'd and blinded quite;
"What heav'n appoints I find is right;
"Whene'er I'm tempted to rebel,
"I'll think how light the acorns fell;
"Whereas on oaks had pompions hung,
"My broken skull had stopp'd my tongue."
Z.
THE END.
A List of the Tracts published during the Year 1795.
HISTORIES.
The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain. Part I. and II.
Tom White the Postilion. Part I. and II.
Two Shoemakers. Part I.
Life of William Baker, with his Funeral Sermon by the Reverend Mr. Gilpin.
The Two Soldiers.
The Plague in London, 1665.
The Lancashire Collier Girl.
The Two Wealthy Farmers; or, History of Mr. Bragwell, Part I. and II.
The Good Mother's Legacy.
Sorrowful Sam; or, the Two Blacksmiths.
True Stories of Two Good Negroes.
Murders.
The Happy Waterman.
The Shipwreck of the Centaur.
SUNDAY READINGS.
Husbandry Moralized.
On the Religious Advantages of the present Inhabitants of Great Britain.
The Beggarly Boy, a Parable.
Daniel in the Den of Lions.
Noah's Flood.
Hints to all Ranks of People on the Occasion of the present Scarcity.
The Harvest Home.
The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard.
The Troubles of Life; or, the Guinea and the Shilling.
POETRY.
Divine Songs, by Dr. Watts, for Children.
New History of a True Book.
The Carpenter; or, Danger of Evil Company.
The Gin Shop.
The Riot.
Patient Joe.
The Execution of Wild Robert.
A New Christmas Carrol, called the Merry Christmas, or Happy New Year.
The Sorrows of Yamba; or, the Negro Woman's Lamentation.
A List of the Tracts published during the Year 1796.
HISTORIES.
Mary Wood the Housemaid.
Shoemakers. Part II. III. and IV.
Charles Jones the
oorman.
The Cheapside Apprentice.
The Gamester.
Betty Brown, the St. Giles's Orange Girl.
Farmers. Part III. IV. and V.
Black Giles the Poacher. Part I, and II.
SUNDAY READINGS.
Some New Thoughts for the New Year.
The Touchstone.
Onesimus.
The Conversion of St. Paul.
The General Resurrection.
On Carrying Religion into Business.
Look at Home.
The Grand Assizes.
Explanation of the Nature of Baptism.
Prayers.
The Valley of Tears.
POETRY.
Robert and Richard.
Sinful Sally.
The Shopkeeper turned Sailor. Part I. II. and III.
The Hackney Coachman.
The Election.
Turn the Carpet.
A Hymn of Praise.
King Dion
sius and Squire Damocles.
The Hampshire Tragedy.