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Appeal
Ye who behold the State in grandeur rise,By Industry and Virtue still sustained;
Learn, from the page of History, to be wise!
By the same arts it rose a state's maintained.
Remember too your fathers' early toil,
When first adventuring to this distant shore;
How slowly they subdued the stubborn soil,
And every want and every suffering bore,
For Conscience' sake, that doth uphold the just;
From their example learn ye to endure,
And in your fathers' God, still place your trust;
So shall you find his word of promise sure,
And, when you hear of Massachusetts' name,
Blush with an honest pride to own her fame.
Poem No. 857; c. 1878–80
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