Though patriots flatter, still shall wisdom find
An equal portion dealt to all mankind;
As different good, by art or nature given,
To different nations makes their blessings even. 80
Nature, a mother kind alike to all,
Still grants her bliss at labour’s earnest call;
With food as well the peasant is supplied
On Idra’s cliffs as Arno’s shelvy side;
And, though the rocky-crested summits frown, 85
These rocks by custom turn to beds of down.