O'ERWEENING Statesmen have full long relied br On fleets and armies, and external wealth: br But from 'within' proceeds a Nation's health; br Which shall not fail, though poor men cleave with pride br To the paternal floor; or turn aside, br In the thronged city, from the walks of gain, br As being all unworthy to detain br A Soul by contemplation sanctified. br There are who cannot languish in this strife, br Spaniards of every rank, by whom the good br Of such high course was felt and understood; br Who to their Country's cause have bound a life br Erewhile, by solemn consecration, given br To labour and to prayer, to nature, and to heaven.