Excerpt from The Poor Man's Sabbath, and Other Poems The Poor Man's Sabbath has, in this respect, a delightful peculiarity, growing, like many other blessings, of which he is ofttimes little aware, out of his lowly situation, the full force of which can only be known by experience. Be he ever so pious and contemplative, through the six days of the week histhoughts are, for the most part, necessarily chained to the earth. Transporting views of God, in the majesty and magnificence of his works, will some times elevate his mind - a humble, but grateful sense of dependence will sometimes melt his heart - and his soul will occasionally breathe itself into the bosom of his dear Redeemer, In delightfully fervent aspirations but, upon the whole, in hunger, in weariness, and in ceaseless drudgery - how much of his existence is above the dull matter upon which he is employed, or visibly superior to that of the beasts who perish! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.