Reminiscences, in Prose and Verse Consisting of the Epistolary Correspondence of Many Distinguished Characters. With Notes and Illustrations. By the Rev. R. Polwhele |
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[Lo, at long intervals, the rage is]
Lo, at long intervals, the rage isThe darkest countries to explore;
Thus, in three very distant ages,
Three voyagers traced Afric's shore.
Old Egypt had her Pharo-Necho;
Her Gama well may Lisbon boast;
Yet is their fame a feeble echo
To Lander's trump from Cornwall's coast!
And we assert—nor into fiction wander—
Necho and Gama vanish'd before Lander!
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