Verses on the Prospect of planting ARTS and LEARNING in AMERICA. George Berkeley Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T131163 K104099.006 Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. VI. London printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley 1763 [1st ed. 1758] pp. 311-312. 6v.: music; 8⁰.

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Verses on the Prospect of planting ARTS and LEARNING in AMERICA . By the late Dr. BERKELEY , Bishop of CLOYNE . THE Muse , disgusted at an age and clime , Barren of every glorious theme , In distant lands now waits a better time , Producing subjects worthy fame : In happy climes , where from the genial sun And virgin Virginia. earth such scenes ensue , The force of art by nature seems outdone , And fancied beauties by the true : In happy climes the seat of innocence , Where nature guides and virtue rules , Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools : There shall be sung another golden age , The rise of empire and of arts , The good and great inspiring epic rage , The wisest heads and noblest hearts . Not such as Europe breeds in her decay ; Such as she bred when fresh and young , When heav'nly flame did animate her clay , By future poets shall be sung . Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past , A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last .