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A FAINT DESCRIPTION FROM THE PLAINS OF MICHIGAN.
Fair princess of the Western shore,
I smile to look on thee,
'Tis sweet thy wonders to explore,
For such I have not seen before,
Nor did I think to see,
Thy purling streams meandering clear,
Are music to my silent ear.
I smile to look on thee,
'Tis sweet thy wonders to explore,
For such I have not seen before,
Nor did I think to see,
Thy purling streams meandering clear,
Are music to my silent ear.
Was Eden a more glorious scene,
In her full bloom,
Or Canaan's land adorned and green,
With every song inspiring plain,
Entirely void of gloom,
Perhaps they might in wonder shine,
Their grace is nothing more than thine.
In her full bloom,
Or Canaan's land adorned and green,
With every song inspiring plain,
Entirely void of gloom,
Perhaps they might in wonder shine,
Their grace is nothing more than thine.
When from the rocking boat I gazed,
On thy bewildering shore,
My tracing eye was much arrayed,
My muse up to her height was raised,
Those beauties to adore,
What pen can bring the contrast forth,
That lies between the North and South.
On thy bewildering shore,
My tracing eye was much arrayed,
My muse up to her height was raised,
Those beauties to adore,
What pen can bring the contrast forth,
That lies between the North and South.
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Still, still, like Adam when alone,
Thus void I must despair,
And heave a melancholy tone,
I cannot live content I own,
With all without the fair,
With all the universe beside,
I have no peace without a bride.
Thus void I must despair,
And heave a melancholy tone,
I cannot live content I own,
With all without the fair,
With all the universe beside,
I have no peace without a bride.
I hence must live a man distrest,
If of a lady void,
I hence must live and die deprest,
Nor can I permanently rest,
However else employed,
My mind from Paradise must roam,
Without a lady love at home.
If of a lady void,
I hence must live and die deprest,
Nor can I permanently rest,
However else employed,
My mind from Paradise must roam,
Without a lady love at home.
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