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THE TRAVELLER OR A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY

REMOTE, unfriended, melancholy, slow,

Or by the lazy Scheldt, or wandering Po;

Or onward, where the rude Carinthian boor

Against the houseless stranger shuts the door;

Or where Campania's plain forsaken lies, 5

A weary waste expanding to the skies:

Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see,

My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee;

Still to my brother turns with ceaseless pain,

And drags at each remove a lengthening chain. 10

Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend,

And round his dwelling guardian saints attend:

Bless'd be that spot, where cheerful guests retire

To pause from toil, and trim their ev'ning fire;

Bless'd that abode, where want and pain repair, 15

And every stranger finds a ready chair;

Bless'd be those feasts with simple plenty crown'd,