Of all who suffer wrong, and to enact Thoughts crowd me upon But enough; and 'twere seemlier now To stop, and yield our gracious Teacher thanks In God; and reverence for the dust of Man." END OF THE SEVENTH BOOK. ARGUMENT. Pastor's apprehensions that he might have detained his Auditors too long Invitation to his House Solitary disinclined to comply - rallies the Wanderer; and somewhat playfully draws a comparison between his itinerant profession and that of the Knight-errant — which leads to Wanderer's giving an account of changes in the Country from the manufacturing spirit— Favourable effects - The other side of the picture, and chiefly as it has affected the humbler classes Wanderer asserts the hollowness of all national grandeur if unsupported by moral worth gives Instances - Physical science unable to support itself— Lamentations over an excess of manufacturing industry among the humbler Classes of Society - Picture of a Child employed in a Cotton-mill-Ignorance and degradation of Children among the agricultural Population reviewed - Conversation broken off by a renewed Invitation from the Pastor Path leading to his House- Its appearance described – Daughter - His Wife His Son (a Boy) enters with his Companion Their happy appearance - The Wanderer how affected by the sight of them. - His 331 BOOK THE EIGHTH. THE PARSONAGE. THE pensive Sceptic of the lonely Vale And, in return for sympathy bestowed And patient listening, thanks accept from me. Are they — and might demand a Seraph's tongue, Were they not equal to their own support; Of human nature, in a Spot like this, Present themselves at once to all Men's view: And such as my best judgment could select A Cabinet with gems or pictures stored, To this, and this, as worthier than the last, At this the Solitary shrunk To his Compatriot, smiling as he spake; -"The peaceable Remains of this good Knight Would be disturbed, I fear, with wrathful scorn, If consciousness could reach him where he lies That One, albeit of these degenerate times, Deploring changes past, or dreading change |