He describes a honey suckle he finds in the wild: “Untouched thy honied blossoms blow, /Unseen thy little branches greet: / No roving foot shall crush thee here, / No busy hand provoke a tear” (619 line 3-6). His fascination with untouched earth had undertones of disgust against the human race for destroying nature while exploring, conquering, and building villages. Freneau sees that nature will be destroyed with the continuing explorations across the sea. “Now driven to wars, and now oppressed at home, / Compelled in crowds o’er distant seas to roam, / From India’s climes the plundered prize to bring / To glad the strumpet, or to glut the king” (621 line
He describes a honey suckle he finds in the wild: “Untouched thy honied blossoms blow, /Unseen thy little branches greet: / No roving foot shall crush thee here, / No busy hand provoke a tear” (619 line 3-6). His fascination with untouched earth had undertones of disgust against the human race for destroying nature while exploring, conquering, and building villages. Freneau sees that nature will be destroyed with the continuing explorations across the sea. “Now driven to wars, and now oppressed at home, / Compelled in crowds o’er distant seas to roam, / From India’s climes the plundered prize to bring / To glad the strumpet, or to glut the king” (621 line