The New upon the Old to rear;

But Nature’s nobler life from bondage save;

Till, to flawless beauty moulded,

All her wealth of good unfolded

’Mid the beams of Liberty,295

Earth into Eden break and bloom from sea to sea!

FOOTNOTE:

[175] The words, with Music by Professor Sir Robert Stewart, Mus. Doc., have been published by Novello, Ewer & Co., London.

[ANALYSIS OF THE ODE.]