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Where these rich palaces and stately piles

Now rear their marble fronts, in sculptur'd pride,

Stood once a few rude scatter'd huts, beside

The desert shores of some poor clust'ring isles.

Yet here a hardy band, from vices free,

In fragile barks, rode fearless o'er the sea:

Not seeking over provinces to stride,

But here to dwell, afar from slavery.

They knew not fierce ambition's lust of power,

And while their hearts were free from thirst of gold,

Rather than falsehood—death they would behold.

If heaven hath granted thee a mightier dower,

I honour not the fruits that spring from thee

With thy new riches:—Death and Tyranny.