Newton the works of Nature brought to light;
The crescent moon does oft illume the night:
Echo’s the nymph who rides upon the air,
Whose voice responds to joy or fell despair.
War despots do oppose to Reason’s laws;
Ida’s the mount where Venus gain’d her cause.
Night is the time when Nature does repose,
And in Trophonius’ cave smiles never glows.
Elijah was translated to the skies;
Reason, Columbia’s sons do greatly prize: