“And who (in time) knows whither we may vent
The treasure of our tongue? To what strange shores
This gain of our best glory shall be sent,
T’ enrich unknowing nations with our stores?
What worlds, in th’ yet unformèd Occident,
May come refined with th’ accents that are ours?”[258]
The emigration prompted by conscience and for the sake of religious liberty inspired the pious and poetical Herbert to famous verses:—
“Religion stands on tiptoe in our land,
Ready to pass to the American strand.”[259]