845. C. M. Aspland's Coll.
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Adams, John G. (John Greenleaf) and Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)
The Virtuous Love of Country.
1Parent of all, omnipotent!
In heaven and earth below!
Through all creation's vast extent
Whose streams of goodness flow:
2Teach me to know from whence I rose,
And unto what designed;
No private aims may I propose,
That injure human kind.
3To hear my country's lawful voice
May my best thoughts incline;
'Tis reason's law, 'tis virtue's choice,
'Tis nature's call, and thine.
4Me from fair freedom's sacred cause
May nothing e'er divide;
Nor grandeur, gold, nor vain applause,
Nor friendship false, misguide.
5To duty, honor, virtue true,
In all my country's weal,
Let me my public walk pursue:
So, God, thy favor deal.