Excerpt from Sacred Ministrelsy
As I was sauntering upon the shores of the Mediterranean, on a beautiful spring evening, watching an Italian sunset, I felt as it were to sympathize with the lovely scene around me, and taking out my pencil, I sketched ofi my W’axnraea. Though I perfectly agree with Horace, viz., Poeta nascitur haud fit, yet classic scenes will some times cause the ideas to flow in liquid measures during these my ramblings, I noted from time to time my reflec tions, and amused myself with various translations. On retrospection I have been enabled to ascertain the exact bias of my mind at various periods: this self-examination has consequently led to self-abasement, and in proportion as I beheld my state by nature, I was struck with admi ration at the power, the wisdom, and the love of God, in providing a means commensurate with His attributes, that fallen man might attain to the blessings of the just.
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