With wreck and human woe—be loth to sing;

For they are few, and all their ills weigh light

Against his sacred usefulness, that bids

Our pensile globe revolve in purer air.

Here Morn and Eve with blushing thanks receive

Their fresh'ning dews, gay fluttering breezes cool

Their wings to fan the brow of fever'd climes,

And here the Spring dips down her emerald urn

For showers to glad the earth.

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