And pray for succor to a stubborn block.
We pity such strange folly—as we may;—
But if we worship idols, though they live,
Do we not, too, the one Jehovah mock?
13. TO 4 PRESIDENTS ALIVE. 1826. [(notes)]
Ye've run a race of glory here below,
Such as no rolls of hist'ry can display;—
Have held o'er Freedom's land a gentle sway,
Have seen its prosp'rous tide unceasing flow,