“That Heaven to me the pow’r denied

“To touch the soul of man, and share

“A brother’s love, a brother’s care;

“Why is this dingy form decreed

“To bear oppression’s scourge and bleed?—

“Is there a God, in yon dark Heav’n,

“And shall such monsters be forgiv’n?

VIII.

“Here, in this smiling land we find

“Neglect and mis’ry sting our race;