Quote #18

Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

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  1. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country ever is, at home.
  2. Man seems the only growth that dwindles here.
  3. Where'er I roam, whatever realms I see, My heart untraveled fondly turns to thee; Still to my brother turns with ceaseless pain, And drags …
  4. But winter lingering chills the lap of May.
  5. Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheldt, or wandering Po.
  6. Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame, Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame. Their level life is but a mouldering f…
  7. Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, Adorns and cheers our way; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.
  8. They please, are pleased, they give to get esteem, Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.

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