Thought would destroy their paradise.
Implores the passing tribute of a sigh.
The applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes.
When love could teach a monarch to be wise, And gospel-light first dawn'd from Bullen's eyes.
And moody madness laughing wild Amid severest woe.
Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.