Mercy Otis Warren

“ Who neither hold, nor even wish a place,
While faction reigns, and tyranny presides,
And base oppression o’er the virtues rides;
While venal measures dance in silken fails,
And avarice o'er earth and sea prevails ”

“ He stretch'd, from shore to shore, his regal wand,
And bade the river deities attend:
Triton's hoarse clarion summon'd them by name,
And from old ocean call'd each wat'ry dame.
In council met to regulate the state,
Among their godships rose a warm debate,
"What luscious draught they next mould substitute,
That might the palates of celestials suit,
As Nectar's- stream no more meandering rolls,
The food ambrosial of their social bowls
Profusely spent ; nor, can Scamander's shore,
Yield the fair sea nymphs one short banquet more. ”

“ With all the nymphs that swim around the isles,
Deign 'd to give sanction by approving smiles:
For females have their influence o'er kings,
Nor wives, nor mistresses, were useless things,
Ev'n to the gods of ancient Homer's page ”