The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-07-21

He thou the firlt OF the naIiiiVhou'
From high Psrnanus, the unwearyd 70"
OF inquiry and valour, in that woT'a
Tr;u,nobant, 10 reward with tunetpi ione'
J,,ny m. voyape. DER the Atlantic orine'
No sEiye Raleigh made, and great the Joy'
5yj,en he dilecrn'd, above the foany iurge'
A rifng coat, Cor future colonies
OD'ning her bays, and figuring her eaPes,
Ev'n from, the nothern troPe 10 .n' p''I ,.o,,
No land gives more employment 70 .he 'o'''
Or kindier feeds the INDECENT; no lana
With more variety Of wealth rewards .s,..
The hand of labour thther, from the "io"s'
t)f la,ylefs rule, the fee-born ipirlt flies
'Thither afieton, thther poverty,
And arts and licences thrice happy eime'
-'Whieh Britain ..sAkes tn siyun' On mA"~
BUT oy fupeior far his bofcm warns' e,,
Who views thy flores in ey'ry culture dreE''
with habtations gay, and numrous towns
~ hill; and valley and his countrymen
Fornn'd into various fates, pew riui ana M,
Tn region, far remote /: who from our looms
Take largely for rhemfeSes, and tor tho'e u'O''
of Indians, ancient tenants Of the 'An0'
In amity conloin'd, Of civil lite
The comforts tate, and various new 'ehe''
Which kind!e arts TO occupy the poor
AnI foread Britannia's Aocks DER esTy dAe'
We. wbo the fhutte caR along the loom
The Glkworms thread inweavng with the neeee'
prav for the culture of the Georgian trae''
Nor flight the green favannahs, and the plains
Cardinal,
OF mulberries, and in whof waterd helos
Tn fvrinps che verdant blade OF thirty nee
Where are the happy regions, which AFFORD ,.1
Mn,e ;roolen1ents Of commerce, and of WeH''"
Fertile Virginia, like Vigorous bOugh'
Which overhades fome erytal river, iPreads
Her wealthy civilizations VIDE aouno' -.
And, more than many ipacious realms 's"""'
The aeecy fhuttle to her growing mAfes
The Irouuefe, Cheroques, and Oubaks, come
For .ooIiy garments and the cheers OF lite
The cheers. bur not the vices, learn 10 'aite'
Bluif Furopeans, whom the creins cup
OF luxury ntoxieates; ye rouSs, II.
Who for your crimes, have fed your native iAno
And yc yoluptuous idle, who, in vain'
Seek eafy habitztions, void OF care !
The fons Of nature, with aitoniihmcnt'
And deteaation, mark your evil deeds
And yie,v no longer avid, your nerveies arm''
Unfit 10 cultivate Oho's banks
See the bold emigrants Of Aceadle,
And ManAchufct, happy in thote arts,
That Join the politics Of trade and wI'
Bearing the palm in either, they appear
whs, on fhe frf5 arS%s .eu-v, .gssyz sew,
Hang their white fin amid the Parhng WINDS,
The kindly fleece, IN webbs Of Duffeld wooi'
Their limbs tenurnba enfods with checrly warmth,
And frze OF Cambria worn BY thote who ieeS,
Thro guphs and daIes of HudionS winding Bay'
The beavers fur, though Oft they Icck in vain
While winters foity rigour checks approach,
Ey'n in the ffitth latitude. Say why
(1fye, the sraved fons of commerce, KNOW
Wherefore lie bound their rivers lakes, and dales'
Half the fun's annual eoure, in chairs OF ice;
While the Rhne's fertile 1horc, and Gallo realms,
BY the Gans gone eneircled, long ENJOY
Warm beams of Phcbus, and, uPine, behos
Their plains and hioeks blah with cluitrng slnes'
Mua il bccver thus or may the hand
Ofmighty labor drain their guilty lakes,
Enlarge the bfight'ning Ky, and, PeoPleing' warm
The on ming vaIes, and the yelowlng plains,
Or rather hall we bu,h Arong Dariens cham,
Steer our bold fleets between the eloyen rocks,
And thro' the great Pacific eyfy Joy
'Ofcyil life diflfs. Are not her lies
Numerous and large have they not hareouEs eaiIr'
Inhabitants, and manners. haply, TOO,
Peculiar licences and other forms
-Ofnade, and uiefu products, to exchange
For woody veifures. IT'S tedious eonrie
BY the Atlantic circle now Beyond
Thoe: fea-wraPt gardens OF the Dueid reed;
bahama and Canibbee, may be found
Safe mule or harbour, till on Faklands le,
The aandard of Britannia hall ariic,
-'roud Buenos Ayrcs low couehea Paraguay,
d rough Corientes, mark with hottie eye
l4bring vefIel; neither may We truh
Areary naked Patagonian land, a
arkens in the wind. No traffic there,
for the fleece. There angry forms -
ir black brows, and raging, hurl around
nders. Ye adventurous mariners
garage from the brave.
iIel --Ye too rejoiee, We fwains;
Inerea6rg commerce fhaa reward your cares.
A day will come, IL NOT too deep we drink
The cup, which luxury on sarelefs wealth.
Pernicious gift, bellows a day will come,
When through new channels falling, We thal elcthe
The Californian coat, and all the realms
That Rretch from Anian's STeishts to proud JaPani
And the green ICES, which on the left are
Upon the glaiIy brine; Whole various eapes
Not yet are fgur'd the failors chart:
Then ev'ry variation fall be told
OF the magnetic feel; and currents markd,
Which drive the heedleE veie from her coat. a
&eE0e3eeNENNs
TO BE SOLD,
A SMALL Quantity of extraordinary
IA good whitehaven OAL,. aFPly to
THOMAS GROWN,
A, the CaowN and ScIPrRE, in Baek-Street.