And Doubt and Discord step 'twixt thine and thee.
With thee all tales are sweet; each clime has charms; earth - sea alike - our world within our arms.
For through the South the custom still commands The gentleman to kiss the lady's hands.
The lapse of ages changes all things - time, language, the earth, the bounds of the sea, the stars of the sky, and every thing about, around, and underneath man, except man himself.
Oh, Christ! it is a goodly sight to see What Heaven hath done for this delicious land!
'Tis solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers; vanity can give, No hollow aid; alone - man with God must strive.