| Reader, your soul upraise to see, In yon fair cut designed by me, The pauper by the highwayside Vainly soliciting from pride. Mark how the Beau with easy air Contemps the anxious rustic’s prayer, And casting a disdainful eye, Goes gaily gallivanting by. He from the poor averts his head.... He will regret it when he’s dead. |
A Peak in Darien.
| Broad gazing on untrodden lands, See where adventurous Cortez stands; While in the heavens above his head, The Eagle seeks its daily bread. How aptly fact to fact replies: Heroes and Eagles, hills and skies. Ye, who contemn the fatted slave, Look on this emblem and be brave |
