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184 To thee, the slander of a passing age Imports not. Scenes like these hold little space In his large mind, whose ample stretch of thought Grasps future periods.—Well canst thou afford To give large credit for that debt of fame Thy country owes thee. Calm thou canst consign it To the slow payment of that distant day,— If distant,—when thy name, to Freedom's joined, Shall meet the thanks of a regenerate land.