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For fare if man Vv^as e'er defign'd lo be Favour'd of heaven — then IVashingtofi is he! O for great Sidney's mufe! and melting fcrains. As when he fung the fam'd Arcadian plains; Irs verfe like his, how would Columbia fliiiie — What glowing thoughts appear in every line 1 — How would he paint in iir^ns fublinicly gay, The rinno- aloriesof oar nevir-born day! — A-nd in fweet numbers grateful to the ear. Sing the gay cliTirms of esch revolving year; The towering.foreits, and enchanting groves, Where the iierce Indian woes iiis tawny love; The confcious trees their biuilung honors died. And fcatters fragrance on the verdant bed; Majedic rivers, never known to fong, Wind ihrouah the vales, and boldly fvi^eep along; Upon wh.ofe banks cloth'd with eternal green, Large droves of herds, and fleecy flocks are fsen : Th' enchanting fubjea wifely Irefign, To bards more favoured of the mufe divine! Some future Huviphreys^ whofe tuneful breath Shall foothe the foul amidll the pangs of death. Then will Columbia o'er Europa fhine, And the grand landfcape fv.-ell inev'ry line! E'en now I fee the glowing picture rife, While dirtant nations hail our weltern flsies! Yet as I fmg, how great the taili appears! Warn\l by the mufe, I yield to prudent fears.