And judge of glory by a king’s decree.
O blest at home with justly-envied laws,
O long the chiefs of Europe’s general cause,
Whom Heaven hath chosen at each dangerous hour
To check the inroads of barbaric power,
The rights of trampled nations to reclaim,
And guard the social world from bonds and shame;
Oh, let not luxury’s fantastic charms
Thus give the lie to your heroic arms:
Nor for the ornaments of life embrace