Hands That The Rod Of Empire Might

The Different Steps And Degrees Of Education May Be Compared To The Artificer's Operations Upon Marble; It Is One Thing To Dig It Out Of The Quarry, And Another To Square It, To Give It Gloss And Lustre, Call Forth Every Beautiful Spot And Vein, Shape It Into A Column, Or Animate It Into A Statue.

And Hie Him Home, At Evening's Close, To Sweet Repast And Calm Repose.

Hands That The Rod Of Empire Might Have Sway'd, Or Waked To Ecstasy The Living Lyre.

And Truth Severe, By Fairy Fiction Drest.

I Shall Be But A Shrimp Of An Author.