With views of undefined delight,

And cheerful songs, and suns that shine

On busy days, with thankful nights, be mine.

VII

But thou, O Goddess! in thy favourite Isle

(Freedom's impregnable redoubt,

The wide earth's store-house fenced about

With breakers roaring to the gales

That stretch a thousand thousand sails)

Quicken the slothful, and exalt the vile!—