"Wou'dst thou engage the gods peculiar care?
"O Hercules, th' immortal powers adore!
"With a pure heart, with sacrifice and pray'r
"Attend their altars; and their aid implore.
"Or wou'dst thou gain thy country's loud applause,
"Lov'd as her father, as her god ador'd?
"Be thou the bold assertor of her cause;
"Her voice, in council; in the fight, her sword.
"In peace, in war, pursue thy country's good:
"For her, bare thy bold breast; and pour thy generous blood.