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The gaze of rapture, Ignorance may bestow,
When faithless Fancy bids her pageants glow,
And decks fallacious gems with lustre bright,
To emulate the diamond's genuine light.
But Science scorns such poor and trivial praise —
On more than fairy ground she plants her bays;
She trims the midnight lamp with higher views,
And matron Beauty decks her classic muse.
Oh thou! to Nature, Truth, and Learning dear!
'Tis luxury from the wise thy praise to hear;
'Tis more than this, to feel thy nobler claim —
On Virtue's sacred shelf to see thy name!
Sweet Mercy there thy off'ring shall receive,
And place it with that smile 'tis her's to give;
Safe with her treasures too, thy works shall blend,
For Learning's Patron is Misfortune's Friend!
When faithless Fancy bids her pageants glow,
And decks fallacious gems with lustre bright,
To emulate the diamond's genuine light.
But Science scorns such poor and trivial praise —
On more than fairy ground she plants her bays;
She trims the midnight lamp with higher views,
And matron Beauty decks her classic muse.
Oh thou! to Nature, Truth, and Learning dear!
'Tis luxury from the wise thy praise to hear;
'Tis more than this, to feel thy nobler claim —
On Virtue's sacred shelf to see thy name!
Sweet Mercy there thy off'ring shall receive,
And place it with that smile 'tis her's to give;
Safe with her treasures too, thy works shall blend,
For Learning's Patron is Misfortune's Friend!
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