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is my faith, and my mind's heritage,

Wherein I toil, though in a lonely place,

Who yet world-wide survey the human race

Unequal from wild nature disengage

Body and soul, and life's old strife assuage;

Still must abide, till heaven perfect its grace,

And love grown wisdom sweeten in man's face,

Alike the Christian and the heathen rage.

The tutelary genius of mankind

Ripens by slow degrees the final State,

That in the soul shall its foundations find

And only in victorious love grow great;

Patient the heart must be, humble the mind,

That doth the greater births of time await!