Was all my own; no guardian took a share. }
I, like Columbus, for a world unknown—
’Twas no great effort—sacrificed my own—
My own sad world, where I had never seen
The earth productive, or the sky serene.
But this is past—and I at length am come
To see what changes have been wrought at home;
Happy in this, that I can set me down
At worst a stranger in my native town. 200
F. Then be it so! but mean you not to show