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 Thy lengthen'd Sun with uncooth Joy urvey,

And vainly dream'd it led to bright Eternal Day:

Unble'd with Art, yet from thy Ocean fly,

Afraid to live, becaue afraid to die.

To them thy Wealth and Stores were unreveal'd,

And all beyond thee happily conceal'd.

Had they thy Scally Shoals of Bleings known,

They'd long ince choe thy Shores, and quite orgot their own.

Thine had been India, and thy Golden Seas

Had fill'd their Antique Songs.

But Fear, that Negative of Glory, gave

This Gift appropriat to a Race more brave.

The frighted South-taught Navigators fly,

And mock'd with Fear, their own Succes detroy.

Unpracti'd in thy watry Wars, they hun

Thy afer Coat, and at a Ditance run.

Thy Seas, tho vat, and in Extent unknown,

In Wealth and Strength to Thee ubervient grown.

Calm Tides, mooth Surface, and a hining Brow,

And gentle Gales for Wealth and Commerce blow.

Thee reconcile the once o dreadful Wate,

And Art and Indutry upply the ret.

Hail Science, Natures econd Eye,

Begot on Reaon by Philoophy,

Mans Tellecope to all that's Deep and High;