 | Ouâbi : or the virtues of nature |  |
LET not the CRITIC, with disdainful eye,
In the weak verse condemn the novel plan;
But own, that VIRTUE beams in ev'ry sky.
Tho wayward frailty is the lot of man.
Dear as ourselves to hold each faithful friend,
To tread the path, which INNATE LIGHT inspires,
To guard our country's rites, her soil defend,
Is all that NATURE, all that HEAV'N requires.
In the weak verse condemn the novel plan;
But own, that VIRTUE beams in ev'ry sky.
Tho wayward frailty is the lot of man.
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To tread the path, which INNATE LIGHT inspires,
To guard our country's rites, her soil defend,
Is all that NATURE, all that HEAV'N requires.
| Ouâbi : or the virtues of nature | |