...thus extract A balsam from thy tears ; though nature shrinks Reluctant to receive the unwelcome cup. Afflictions are the ministers of love , By heav'n...them there, Where only lasting happiness is found ! Mortality's frail garments cast aside ;. Corruptible put off for incorrupt ; And with the Lamb's...

...walks of time, To ponder well; and happ'ly thus extract A balsam from thy tears; though nature shrink, Reluctant to receive th' unwelcome cup, That mars...disease. Afflictions are the ministers of love, By heav'n appointed:—happy, if they serve To bring us nearer home !—to wean our hearts From toys and trifles;...