Whose noblest uses are thy virtue’s dower,
Diffusing knowledge where thy navies sweep,
And linking distant lands, where rolls each hour
That mightiest image of surpassing power,
Reign on beneficent—the Nations tell
Thy commerce, like thy shore, is Freedom’s tower.
Scatter with Godlike hand wide blessings—quell
The factious voice abroad, the subjects who rebel.
XL.
Shall boys the emerald from thy circlet rend,