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 Upbraids You with Neglect of Your own Right,

And courts Invading Neighbours in your Sight.

When Caledonians, when will You be wie?

When from Your Clouded Circumtances rie?

Banih Invaders, Heav'n's own Gifts enjoy,

This would Your Native Poverty detory.

This would retore Your Ancient dear bought Name,

This, and Your Valour, would revive Your Fame;

How would Your Navies quickly pread the Seas,

And guard that Wealth they help You to poes?

How would Your Commerce all Your Sons retore,

And they'd eek Home that hun'd that Home before?

With Wealth and People, Happy, Rich and Free,

You'd firt Improve the Land, and then the Sea;

Be Strong, be Great, be Rich, be Europe's Fear,

Their War, their Wealth, their Trade, their Honours hare.

But let's Retreat, Who can the Scene urvey,

And View this Wealth the Neighbour Nations Prey;

What Eye, that's Caledonia's Friend, can ee

Her Sons on Shore, and Strangers pread the Sea?

Who can, with Patience, View her People Poor,

And Mines of Wealth natch'd up at ev'ry Door?

The Bounty Heav'n for their Peculiar meant,

Reap't by the Hands to whom 'twas never ent.

The Ocean plunder'd, the Advantage old,

While thee enjoy the Tempets, thoe the Gold.