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PART II.

THe Plan's Deſcrib'd, the Seas and Shores Survey'd;
Let's now the Treaſures of the Land Invade,
Traverſe their Hills, and all their Vales Deſcry,
And ſpread their juſt Deſcription to the Eye.
The Rugged Nation plac'd by Nature here,
Shall in their fancied Poverty appear;
The World ſhall bluſh, when they their Picture ſee,
And Fame grow Proud to Print their Hiſtory.
The Soil no more unjuſt Reproach ſhall bear,
For all they Talk of Barren's ſlander here,
And 'tis, or may be Fruitful ev'ry where.

A hardy Race poſſeſs the ſtormy Strand,
And ſhare the Moderate Bountys of the Land,
Fitted by Nature for the Boiſtrous Clime,
And larger Bleſſings will grow due by time.
The num'rous Off-ſpring patient and ſedate,
With Courage ſpecial to the Climate wait.
When Nigard Nature ſhall their Nation hear,
Shall ſmile, and pay them all the Vaſt Arrear.

A manly ſurlineſs, with Temper mix'd,

Is on their meaneſt Countenances fix'd.