INFLUENCE SOCIALE ET POLITIQUE DES MOINES CHEZ LES ANGLO-SAXONS

Hecord \ve too, vvith just and taithful pen,

That many hooded cénobites theie are,

Who in tlieir piivale cells h:we yet a care

Of public quiet; nnambitious Men,

»Counsellors for the world, of piercing ken ;

Whose fervent exhortations from a far

Move Princes to their duly, peace or war;

And oft-times in the most lorbidding den

Of solitude, wilh love of science strong,

Hovv patiently the yoke of thought they bear...

by such examples moved to unbought pains

The people work like congregated bees;

Eager to build the quiet fortresses,

Where piety, as they believe, obtains

Krom heaven a gênerai ])lessing ; tiniely rains

And sunshine ; prospérons enterprise, and peace, and equity.

Wor.Dbvsor.TH.