XCIII. Let such approach this consecrated land, And pass in peace along the magic waste: But spare its relics--let no busy hand Deface the scenes, already how defaced! Not for such purpose were these altars placed. Revere the remnants nations once revered; So may our country's name be undisgraced, So mayst thou prosper where thy youth was reared, By every honest joy of love and life endeared!
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