To
the
Author
of
the
Farmer's
Letters
,
which
were
written
in
IRELAND
in
the
Year
of
the
Rebellion
,
by
HENRY
BROOKE
,
Esq
;
1745.
By
the
Same
.
OH
thou
,
whose
artless
,
free-born
genius
charms
,
Whose
rustick
zeal
each
patriot
bosom
warms
;
Pursue
the
glorious
task
,
the
pleasing
toil
,
Forsake
the
fields
and
till
a
nobler
soil
;
Extend
the
Farmer's
care
to
human
kind
,
Manure
the
heart
,
and
cultivate
the
mind
;
There
plant
religion
,
reason
,
freedom
,
truth
,
And
sow
the
seeds
of
virtue
in
our
youth
:
Let
no
rank
weeds
corrupt
,
or
brambles
choak
,
And
shake
the
vermin
from
the
British
oak
;
From
northern
blasts
protect
the
vernal
bloom
,
And
guard
our
pastures
from
the
wolves
of
Rome
.
In
Britain's
liberty
ingraft
thy
name
,
And
reap
the
harvest
of
immortal
fame
!