HOW various are the parts, by heaven assign’d
To fill the motley drama of mankind!
To some ’tis given, apart from noise and state,
And all the pains and pleasures of the great,
To taste what joys to rural life belong;
The Muse solicit to inspire the song;
With simple swains to pass the careless day,
And gently trifle life’s short dream away.
You nobler toils and harder tasks demand:
To plan the glory of your native land;
From listening senates to extort applause,
And guard the monarch’s rights and country’s laws,
Your rank, your name, your talents, heaven design’d
To bless your friends, your sovereign, and mankind,
Yet from these higher cares some moments spare;
Let friendless merit claim your fostering care:
‘Tis yours to give to genius honours due;
Genius, that finds its noblest theme in you.
(Elizabeth Scot)
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