A poet’s prayer. Almighty Father! let thy lowly child,
Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold — ,
A patriot bard, by sycophants reviled,
Let him live usefully, and not die old I,
Let poor men's children, pleased to read his lays,
Love, for his sake, the scenes where he hath been.
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Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers Cyclopœdia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earlist to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History, Gould and Lincoln, 1855, p. 459.