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Literary
October 4, 1802
Jenks' Portland Gazette. Maine Advertiser
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
What is this article about?
A laudatory poem addressing Agriculture as the source of ease and national pride, urging Columbia's sons to till the soil, with references to Cincinnatus and China's monarch.
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Agricultural.
TO AGRICULTURE.
THOU first of arts, source of domestic ease,
Pride of the land, and patron of the seas,
Thrice Agriculture! lend thy potent aid,
Spread thy green fields where dreary forests bade:
Where savage men pursued their savage prey,
Let the white flocks in verdant pastures play:
From the bloomed orchard and the flowery vale,
Give thy rich fragrance to the gentle gale.
Reward with ample boon the laborer's hand,
And pour thy gleaning bounties o'er our land.
Columbia's Sons! scorn not the rugged toil;
Your nation's glory is a cultured soil;
Rome's Cincinnatus of illustrious birth,
Increased his laurels while be tilled the earth,
E'en China's monarch lays his sceptre down
Nor deems the task unworthy of a crown.
TO AGRICULTURE.
THOU first of arts, source of domestic ease,
Pride of the land, and patron of the seas,
Thrice Agriculture! lend thy potent aid,
Spread thy green fields where dreary forests bade:
Where savage men pursued their savage prey,
Let the white flocks in verdant pastures play:
From the bloomed orchard and the flowery vale,
Give thy rich fragrance to the gentle gale.
Reward with ample boon the laborer's hand,
And pour thy gleaning bounties o'er our land.
Columbia's Sons! scorn not the rugged toil;
Your nation's glory is a cultured soil;
Rome's Cincinnatus of illustrious birth,
Increased his laurels while be tilled the earth,
E'en China's monarch lays his sceptre down
Nor deems the task unworthy of a crown.
What sub-type of article is it?
Poem
What themes does it cover?
Agriculture Rural
Patriotism
What keywords are associated?
Agriculture
Poem
Columbia
Cincinnatus
Rural Toil
Literary Details
Title
To Agriculture.
Subject
In Praise Of Agriculture
Key Lines
Thou First Of Arts, Source Of Domestic Ease,
Pride Of The Land, And Patron Of The Seas,
Columbia's Sons! Scorn Not The Rugged Toil;
Your Nation's Glory Is A Cultured Soil;
Rome's Cincinnatus Of Illustrious Birth,