Whether of wealth inſatiate, or of pow'r,
Conquerors who waſte, or ruffians who devour:
Had theſe poſſeſs'd, O Cook! thy gentle mind, 235
Thy love of arts, thy love of humankind,
Had theſe purſued thy mild and liberal plan,
Discoverers had not been a curſe to man!
Then, bleſs'd Philanthropy! thy ſocial hands
Had link'd diſſever'd worlds in brothers bands; 240
Careleſs, if colour, or if clime divide;
Then, lov'd, and loving, man had liv'd, and died.
The pureſt wreaths which hang on glory's ſhrine,
For empires founded, peaceful Penn! are thine;
No blood-ſtain'd laurels crown'd thy virtuous toil, 245
No ſlaughter'd natives drench'd thy fair-earn'd ſoil,
Still thy meek ſpirit in thy[1] flock ſurvives,
Conſiſtent ſtill, their doctrines rule their lives;
Thy
- ↑ The Quakers have emancipated all their ſlaves throughout America.
