On Divine Ambition

Happy are they who can this World despise,
And firmly serve their God without disguise,
With no design of Avarice or Pride,
Or any other vicious Acts to hide;
But have Ambition to be rich and great,
To shelter the oppress'd that need retreat;
To help the Blind, the Hungry, and the Lame,
In honour to their own and God's great Name;
To shew their Power, and have it understood,
They seek the Nation's, and therein their good.