-586 TO THE MEMORX OF LEDYARD. Juije 29, 



The ardour of thy mind : 

 To all the habitable earth. 

 Belong the honours of thy hir:li. 



True patriot of mankind. 



The aim -man thine to fwell the ftor^ 

 Of human blifs pofleff'd before. 



And fecial comforts give 

 To men, who miferably know. 

 No -wifli 'leyond the 'fcape from woe. 



But the meie wifh to live. 



Thy gen'rous courage dat'd cfTay, 

 To trace in wilder'd waftes a way, 



And commerce means afford : 

 The favage of the wild to tame 

 luto a citizen, and frame ^ 



A city of a horde. 



By law fccurity extend. 



Freedom with peace and plenty blen<i 



And friendly feafts prepare, 

 Whete famine o'er the chafe prefide? 

 And cannibals contending guides 



A brothel's corfe to tear. 



With fcnfibilities to feel 

 Alluring pleafure's foft appeal. 



The fentinieotal ties 

 Of gentle love and friendfhip true, 

 And the dear praife to merit due. 



That civil life fuyiplies ; 



But more with vig'rous virtue bicft, 

 That each indulgent wifh fuppreff'd, 



Magnanimoufly good ; 

 The blandifhments ofleifurefpurn'd. 

 And lab'ring, human welfare turn'd 



To feats of hardihood. 



Trav'ling with barefoot patience o'er 

 The ftony road, the rocky fhore, 



A frozen fea to tread 

 With guidelefs Itep, and naked go 

 Through regions of unfathom'd fnow 



Immeafurably fpread. 



With perfeveranee undifmay'd. 

 Thy toils no difappointment fiay'd j 



