Peace, meek of eye, extends her soft controul,

And drives the fury Passions far away.

Virtue, the daughter of the skies supreme,

Directs their life, informs their glowing lays—

A steady friend; her animating beam

Sheds its soft lustre o'er their latter days.

When life's warm fountains feel the frost of time;

When the cold dews of darkness close their eyes,

She shows the parting soul, upraised sublime,

The brighter glories of her kindred skies.