Note 850 — SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.
Reading edition
These lines are a translation from the following well-known passage of Propertius; Newton piously applying to the Creator what the poet addresses to the creature.
Sic ego desertis possim bene vivere sylvis, Quo nulla humano sit via trita pede. Tu mihi curarum requies, in nocte vel atrâ Lumen, et in solis tu mihi turba locis.
See Life of Newton.