Classic Poem

Hail! genius of truth, and life, and light,
The purest wisdom marks thy manly page;
'Tis thine to purge from filth the mental sight,
'Tis thine to renovate and bless the age;

To value nought but what is truly great,
To bow to sterling excellence alone;
To treat with scorn the silly farce of state,
Nor look with reverence, but to Virtue's throne.

These are the sentiments that fire thy breast,
And men through time, feeling the rights of man,
Shall bless themselves, in making others blest,
And model states on equity's pure plan;
So men to equal happiness shall rise,
And truth shall take the place, of prejudice and lies.