ARGUMENT OF THE FIFTH BOOK. A frosty morning.-The foddering of cattle.-The woodman and his dog.-The poultry.-Whimsical effects of frost at a waterfall.-The Empress of Russia's palace of ice.-Amusements of monarchs.-War, one of them.-Wars, whence.And whence monarchy.-The evils of it.-English and French loyalty contrasted.-The Ba stille, and a prisoner there.-Liberty the chief recommendation of this country-Modern patriotism questionable, and why.-The perishable nature of the best human institutions.-Spiritual liberty not perishable.-The slavish state of man by nature.-Deliver him, Deist, if you can.Grace must do it.-The respective merits of patriots and martyrs stated.-Their different treatment.-Happy freedom of the man whom grace makes free. His relish of the works of God.Address to the Creator. THE TASK. BOOK V. THE WINTER MORNING WALK. 'TIS morning; and the sun, with ruddy orb Seen through the leafless wood. His slanting ray Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad, And patient of the slow-pac'd swain's delay. Shaggy, and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears, |