The Age Reviewed A Satire: In two parts: Second edition, revised and corrected [by Robert Montgomery] |
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Isle of enchanting forms, and lovely eyes,
Soft are thy breezes, bright thy beauteous skies;
Perennial plenty loads thy verdant lands
With glowing fruits untouch'd by slavish hands;
Free as the air that fans thy blooming vales,
Health in thy streams, and strength upon thy gales;
All that a people's prayer could ask from heaven,
To thee, my country, is profusely given:—
O long, engirdled with thy zone of waves,
The guard of freedom, and the foe of slaves,
Triumphant be thine ancient banners blown,
Thou Queen of isles upon thine ocean throne!
Soft are thy breezes, bright thy beauteous skies;
Perennial plenty loads thy verdant lands
With glowing fruits untouch'd by slavish hands;
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Health in thy streams, and strength upon thy gales;
All that a people's prayer could ask from heaven,
To thee, my country, is profusely given:—
O long, engirdled with thy zone of waves,
The guard of freedom, and the foe of slaves,
Triumphant be thine ancient banners blown,
Thou Queen of isles upon thine ocean throne!
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