See spring's gay bloom; see golden autumn's store;

See how earth smiles, and hear old ocean roar.

Leviathans but heave their cumbrous mail,

It makes a tide, and wind-bound navies sail.

Here, forests rise, the mountains awful pride;

Here, rivers measure climes, and worlds divide;

There, valleys fraught with gold's resplendent seeds,

Hold kings, and kingdoms' fortunes, in their beds:

There, to the skies, aspiring hills ascend,

And into distant lands their shades extend.