Beyond the Atlantic foam,

We lift our hearts, and welcome back

Our statesman to his home.

[TO MONSIEUR PASTEUR.]

[Upon His Discovery of Inoculation For Hydrophobia.]

O good Monsieur Pasteur! your humanized art

Has thrilled every brain, and has touched every heart;

Man's friendliest beast—by disease tortured sore,

Henceforth is a poisonous reptile no more;