America had since my last address to her as "Thirty Nations" added three more States; and I was challenged to include them: which I did as thus; here are three of the Stanzas in proof:-- "Giant aggregate of Nations, Glorious Whole of glorious Parts, Unto endless generations Live United, hands and hearts! Be it storm or summer weather, Peaceful calm, or battle jar, Stand in beauteous strength together, Sister States, as Now ye are! "Charmed with your commingled beauty England sends the signal round, 'Every man must do his duty' To redeem from bonds the bound! Then indeed your banner's brightness Shining clear from every star Shall proclaim your joint uprightness, Sister States, as Now ye are! "So a peerless constellation May those stars together blaze! Three and ten-times threefold Nation Go ahead in power and praise! Like the many-breasted goddess Throned on her Ephesian car, Be--one heart in many bodies, Sister States, as Now ye are!" There are also several other like balladisms, and sundry sonnets, all of which I had from time to time to greet my American audiences withal.

And thus before I paid my visits over there, the land was salted with ore and the water enriched with ground-bait, so that when the poetaster appeared he was welcomed by every class as a promoter of International Kindliness..