Shines out thy Maker! may I sing of thee?

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The vegetable world is also thine,

Parent of Seasons! who the pomp precede

That waits thy throne, as through thy vast domain,

Annual, along the bright ecliptic road,

In world-rejoicing state, it moves sublime.

Meantime th’ expecting nations, circled gay

With all the various tribes of foodful earth,

Implore thy bounty, or send grateful up