Here paus'd the GODDESS. By the Pause assur'd,
In trembling accents thus I mov'd my Prayer.
"Oh first, and most benevolent of Powers!
" Come from eternal Splendors, here on Earth,
"Against despotic Pride, and Rage, and Lust,
" To shield Mankind; to raise them to assert
"The native Rights, and Honour of their Race.
" Teach me thy lowest Subject, but in Zeal
"Yielding to none, the PROGRESS OF THY REIGN,
" And with a Strain from THEE enrich the .
"For thy proud Slave, alone; her Patron Thou,
" And great Inspirer be! then will she joy,
"Tho' narrow Life her Lot, and Private Shade:
" And when her  she barters vile,
"Or to thy open or thy secret Foes;
" May ne'er those sacred Raptures touch her more,
"By slavish Hearts unfelt! and may her Song
" Sink in oblivion with the nameless Crew!
"Vermin of State! to thy o'erflowing Light
" That owe their Being, yet betray thy Cause. "