Their ſtrong Detachments ſend to every Creek,
In juſt Proportion their own Miſchiefs ſeek.
Seek out the Harbours, ſeek the Indented Shore,
Timploy the Diligent, and feed the Poor.
No other Port they viſit.
Ah! Caledonia, mark the High Command,
And mark the Caution of the Heavenly Hand;
If thou reject the Bounties of the Sea,
No more Complain of Poverty.
Hadſt thou in early time with Wiſdom grac't
Heav'ns Bounty, as in Duty bound, embrac't,
Above the Nations thou hadſt raiſ'd thy Head,
At Home their Envy, and abroad their Dread,
Thy Wealthy Clime would all the World invite,
They'd Court Thee to Unite.
No more of Barren Hills and Seas complain,
Reproach the Land with Blaſts, with Storms the Main.
Not all the Spicy Banks of [1] Ganges Stream,
- ↑ Ganges and Nilus, one a River in India, the other in Egypt; The first famous for its rich Spices and Drugs, and the other for the Prolific Virtue of its Water, on the constant Regular Overflowings whereof, the Fruitfulness of the Land depends. Whence some tell us, The seven Years Famine in that Countrey in the Time of Joseph was occasion'd from the Nile's not over flowing its Banks during that Term.
