The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys Late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Court of Madrid |
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Where lives the nation, fraught with such resource,
Such vast materials for a naval force?
Where grow so rife, the iron, masts, and spars,
The hemp, the timber, and the daring tars?
Where gallant youths, inur'd to heat and cold,
Through every zone, more hardy, strong, and bold?
Let other climes of other produce boast;
Let gold, let diamonds, grow on India's coast:
Let flaming suns from arid plains exhale
The spicy odours of Arabia's gale:
Let fragrant shrubs, that bloom in regions calm,
Perfumes expiring, bleed ambrosial balm:
Let olives flourish in Hesperia's soil,
Ananas ripen in each tropic isle:
Let Gallia gladden in her clust'ring vines;
Let Spain exult in her Peruvian mines:
Let plains of Barb'ry boast the generous steed,
Far-sam'd for beauty, strength, and matchless speed:
But men, Columbia, be thy fairer growth,
Men of firm nerves, who spurn at fear and sloth;
Men of high courage, like their sires of old,
In labour patient, as in dangers bold!
Such vast materials for a naval force?
Where grow so rife, the iron, masts, and spars,
The hemp, the timber, and the daring tars?
Where gallant youths, inur'd to heat and cold,
Through every zone, more hardy, strong, and bold?
Let other climes of other produce boast;
Let gold, let diamonds, grow on India's coast:
Let flaming suns from arid plains exhale
The spicy odours of Arabia's gale:
Let fragrant shrubs, that bloom in regions calm,
Perfumes expiring, bleed ambrosial balm:
Let olives flourish in Hesperia's soil,
Ananas ripen in each tropic isle:
Let Gallia gladden in her clust'ring vines;
Let Spain exult in her Peruvian mines:
Let plains of Barb'ry boast the generous steed,
Far-sam'd for beauty, strength, and matchless speed:
But men, Columbia, be thy fairer growth,
Men of firm nerves, who spurn at fear and sloth;
Men of high courage, like their sires of old,
In labour patient, as in dangers bold!
| The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys | |