...Teach him that states, of native strength possessed, Though very poor, may still be very blessed ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labored mole away ; 25 While self-dependent power can time defy, As reeks resist the billows and the...

...over time, Kedrcss the rigors of th' inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach...empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labor'd mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky.*...

...of ground maintained its man;" which is as glaring a falsehood as ever was put upon paper: but < " that states, of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still be very blest ;" and also in the dedication of this poem that he sincerely believed all he had written. That is,...

...Johnson read the poem along some such lines. For here is Johnson's conclusion to The Deserted Village: That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away; While self dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. (lines 427-30) Since Johnson's...

...strain Teach erring man to spum the rage of gain; Teach him that states of native strength possessed, Though very poor, may still be very blest; That trade's...empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the laboured mole away; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky....

...over time, Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth, with thy persuasive strain Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him that states of native strength possest; Tho'very poor, may still be very blest; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps...

...Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him, that states of native strength possest, Tho' very poor, may still be very blest; That trade's proud...to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole' 2 away; While self dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. 250 30....

...Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him, that states of native strength possest, Tho' very poor, may still be very blest; That trade's proud...hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole32 away; While self dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. 250...

...incompatible3 but it is also the function of poetry, the "first to fly where sensual joys invade" (408), to Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him that states of native strength possest, Tho' very poor, may still be very blest; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean...

...Journey might be the concluding lines that Johnson had furnished for Goldsmith's Deserted Village (1770): That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the laboured mole away; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky.67...