Classic Poem

1. Where nothing dwelt but beasts of prey, Or men as
fierce and wild as they, He bids th'oppressed and poor repair, And
builds them towns and cities there.
2. They
2. They sow the fields, and
2. They sow the fields, and trees they plant, Whose yearly fruit sup-

2. They sow the fields, and trees they plant, Whose
sow the fields, and trees they plant, Whose yearly fruit supplies their want;
trees they plant, Whose yearly fruit supplies their want;
plies their want; Their race grows up from
yearly fruit supplies their want; Their race grows up from
Their race grows up from
Their race grows up from
fruitful stocks, Their wealth increases with their flocks.
fruitful stocks, Their wealth increases with their flocks.
fruitful stocks, Their wealth increases with their flocks.
fruitful stocks, Their wealth increases with their flocks.

3. Thus they are blessed, but if they sin,
He lets the heathen nations in;
A savage crew invades their lands,
Their princes die by barbarous hands.

4. Yet if the humbled nation morns,
Again His dreadful hand he turns;
Again he makes their cities thrive,
And bids the dying churches live.