IV.

“Fine fellows,” say the Colonists, “you’re industrious and you’re steady, How powerful are your toil-task’d limbs, your minds so strong and ready! We have full many a splendid spot in our new-promis’d land, Such soil,――so water’d,――timber’d too, soliciting your hand.” “We thank you, liberal Colonists, for what you’re pleased to proffer, We’re busy now,――another day we’ll listen to your offer.”