Can Honor's Voice Provoke The Silent Dust,

And Truth Severe, By Fairy Fiction Drest.

Full Many A Gem Of Purest Ray Serene The Dark Unfathom'd Caves Of Ocean Bear: Full Many A Flower Is Born To Blush Unseen, And Waste Its Sweetness On The Desert Air.

Chill Penury Repress'd Their Noble Rage, And Froze The Genial Current Of The Soul.

To Contemplation's Sober Eye. / Such Is The Race Of Man.

But Knowledge To Their Eyes Her Ample Page Rich With The Spoils Of Time Did Ne'er Unroll; Chill Penury Repressed Their Noble Rage, And Froze The Genial Current Of The Soul.