17.12.2012, 12:42
THE belle connoissance of the Francais langue
Does expressively designate the pow'r
Which fills with treasures ev'n penury's hour,
And wealth makes richer — more than poets sang,
How little is perceived of what exists !
Tho' Jim to know what otherwise would be,
As if it ne'er had existence, for thee
E'en nought — attain'd by whosoever lists ;
If thou 'rt elated with, it is not thine
The merit to itself alone belongs,
That, which, if thou could'st praise, the lauding songs
That e'er were sounded, still would fail to tell
The excellence and greatness that does dwell
In Liberty's fair typo — unbound by Error's thongs.
Does expressively designate the pow'r
Which fills with treasures ev'n penury's hour,
And wealth makes richer — more than poets sang,
How little is perceived of what exists !
Tho' Jim to know what otherwise would be,
As if it ne'er had existence, for thee
E'en nought — attain'd by whosoever lists ;
If thou 'rt elated with, it is not thine
The merit to itself alone belongs,
That, which, if thou could'st praise, the lauding songs
That e'er were sounded, still would fail to tell
The excellence and greatness that does dwell
In Liberty's fair typo — unbound by Error's thongs.