resting | place | 7 in the | progress | 7 of their vic- | torious | industry. |77|77| Nor is the | equi- | noctial | heat | more dis- | couraging to them, | 77 | than the ac- | cumulated | winter | 7 of both the | poles. |77|77| 7 We | know that | whilst | some of them | draw the | line | 7 and | strike the har- | poon | 7 on the | coast of Africa, | 77| others | run the | longitude, | 7 and pur- | sue their gi- | gantic | game | 7 a- | long the | coast of Bra- | zil. 7 77|77| No | sea 17 but | what is | vexed by their fisheries. | 7717 No | climate | 7 that | is not | witness to their | toils. 7|77|77| Neither the | perse- | verance of | Holland, | 77 | nor the ac- | tivity of | France, 7|77| nor the | dexterous | 7 and | firm sa- | gacity of | English | enter- | prise, 7 | ever | carried | this most | perilous | mode of | hardy | industry | 7 to the ex- | tent | 7 to | which it has been | pushed | 7 by this | recent | people; |77|7a| people | who are | still, | as it were, | 77 | but in the | gristle, | 77 | 7 and | not yet | hardened | into the | bone of | manhood. | 77| 77 When I con- | template | these | things, 7| 77| when I know | that the | colonies | 7 in | general | owe | little or nothing | 7 to | any | care of | ours, 7 | and that they are not | squeezed | into this | happy | form | by the con- | straints of a | watchful | 7 and sus- | picious | government, | 77 | but that | through a | wise and | salutary | neglect | 7 a | generous | nature | has been | suffered | 7 to | take her | own | way to per- | fection; | 7 7| when I re- | flect upon | these ef- | fects, |77| when I see 7| 7 how | profitable | they have | been to us, | 7 I | feel | all the | pride of | power | sink, |77 |7 and | all pre- | sumption | 7 in the | wisdom of | human con- | trivances | melt, | 7 and | die a- | way | 7 with- | in me. | 77|77|7 My | rigor re- | lents. 7 | 77|77|71|pardon | something | 7 to the | spirit of | liberty. |77|77| APOSTROPHE TO THE QUEEN OF FRANCE. 7 It is | now, 7 | sixteen or | seventeen | years 7 | since I saw the | Queen of | France, 7 | then the | Dauphiness, | 7 at Ver- | sailles: 7|77| 7 and | surely | never | lighted on this | orb, 7 | 7 which she | hardly | seemed to | touch, 7| 7 a | more de- | lightful | vision. | 77 | 77| 7 I saw her | just a- | bove the ho- | rizon, | 77| decorating and | cheering | 7 the | elevated | sphere | 7 she | just be- | gan to | move in: | 77 glittering, | 7 like the | morning | star; | 7 7 | full of | life, 7 | 7 and | splendor, | 7 and | joy. 7 | 77|77| Oh! | what a | revo- | lution! | 77 | 7 and | what a | heart 7 | must I have, | 7 to | contemplate | 7 with- | out e- | motion, | that | ele- | vation | 7 and | that 7 | fall. 7 |77|77| Little | did I dream | 7 that | when she | added | titles of | vene- | ration | 7to | those of en- | thusi- | astic, distant, | 7 re- | spectful | love, 7| 7 7 | that she should | ever be o- | bliged | 7 to | carry | 7 the | sharp | antidote a- | gainst dis- | grace 7 | 7 con- | cealed in | that | bosom; | 77 | 7 7 | little did I | dream 7 | that I should have | lived to | see 7 | such dis- | asters | fallen up- on her | 7 in a | nation of | gallant | men; 777 | 777 in a nation of | men of | honor | 7 and of cava- | liers. | 77777I thought | ten | thousand | swords 7 must have | leaped from their | scabbards, |77| 7 to a- venge | even a | look 7 | 7 that | threatened | her with | insult. | 77 | 77 | 7 But the | age of | chivalry | 7 is | gone. | 7 7 | That of | sophisters, | 7 e- | conomists and | calculators, | 7 has suc- | ceeded ; | 7 7| 7 and the | glory of | Europe | 7 is ex- | tinguished for | ever. | 77 | 77 | Never | 7 7 | never | more, 7 | shall we be- | hold 7 | that | generous | loyalty | 7 to | rank and | sex, 7| 7 7| 7 that | proud sub- | mission, 7 7| 7 that | dignified o- | bedience, |77| 7 that sub- ordi- | nation of the | heart, 7| 777 which | kept a- | live, 7 | even in | servitude it- | self, 7| 7 the | spirit | 7 of an ex- | alted | freedom. |77| 777 The unbought | grace of | life, 7 | 7 the | cheap de- | fence of | nations, | 77 | 7 the | nurse of | manly | sentiment | 7 and he- | roic | enterprize | 7 is | gone! 7|77|7 It is | gone, 7 | that | sensi- | bility of | principle, | 77 | 7 that | chastity of | honor, |77| 7 which | felt a | stain 7 | like a | wound, 7|77| which in- | spired | courage | 7 whilst it | mitigated fe- | rocity, | 7 7 | which en- | nobled | 7 what- | ever it | touched; | 777 and under | which 7 | vice it- | self | lost | half its evil, | 7 by | losing | all its | grossness. |77| 771 ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCH YARD. Gray. Reprinted according to the original copy. 7 The | curfew | tolls, | 77 | 7 the | knell of | parting | day, 7 | 7 The | lowing | herd | wind | slowly | 7 o'er the | lea; 7|77| 7 The | ploughman | homeward | plods his | weary | way, 7 | 7717 And | leaves the | world 7| 7 to | darkness | 7 and to me. 7| 77|77| Now | fades the | glimmering | landscape | 7 on the | sight, 7| 7 7| 7 And | all the | air | a | solemn | stillness | holds 7 | Save | 7 where the | beetle | wheels his | droning | flight 7| 7 And | drowsy | tinklings | lull the | distant | folds. 7 | 7777 Save that | 7 from | yonder | ivy | mantled | tower | 7 The | moping | owl 7 | does to the | moon com- | plain | 7 Of | such as | wandering | near her | secret | bower | 7 Mo- | lest her | ancient | 77 | solitary | reign. |77|77| 7 Be-neath | those | rugged | elms, | 7 that | yew tree's | shade 7 | 7 Where | heaves the | turf in | many a | mouldering | heap 7 | Each in his | narrow | cell 7 | 7 for | ever | laid 7 | 7 The | rude | fore- | fathers of the | hamlet | sleep. 7 | 7777 7 The | breezy | call of | incense | breathing | morn, 7 | 7 The | swallow | twittering | 7 from the straw-built | shed, 7 | 7 The | cock's shrill | clarion, |7 or the | echoing | horn 7 | 7 No | more shall | rouse them | 7 from their | lowly | bed. 7|77|77| 7 For | them 7 | no | more 7| 7 the | blazing | hearth shall | burn 7 | 7 Nor | busy | housewife | ply her | evening | care; 7| 77 | No | children | run | 7 to | lisp their | sire's re- | turn 7 | 77|7 Or | climb his | knees, 7| 7 the | envy'd | kiss to | share. | 77|77| Oft did the | harvest | 7 to their | sickle | yield, 7|77| 7 Their | furrow | oft | 7 the | stubborn | glebe | 7 has | broke; | 77 | How | jocund | 7 did they | drive their | team a- | field, 7| 77| How | bowed the | woods 7| 77 | 7 be- | neath their | sturdy | stroke. | 77|77| Let not Am- | bition | 77 | mock their | useful | toil, 7 | 7 Their | homely | joys, 7| 7 and destiny ob- | scure, 7 | 7 Nor | Grandeur | hear 7 | with a dis- | dainful | smile 7 | 7 The | short and | simple | annals | 7 of the | poor. | 7777 7 The | boast of | heraldry, 17 the | pomp of | power, | |