Tell me when thy origin and where;
What hidden womb ambitious gave thee birth;
Bear witness thou to all both seen and heard
By thee from first to last; from primal man,
To Renfro Indian tribe, who spake thy praise
In by-gone years, and poet last who sang
Thy glory—O eternal Pilot speak!
As mute thou art as mighty and sublime,
Like unto all that’s great and strong and good—
Forever still midst Surrey’s joyful hills;