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JAMAICA

The fairest Island in the seas,
The darling of the Sun;
Her friends abide on every side
But in her heart dwells one
Who loves her for her own dear sake,
Blake, Blake, Blake.
He decked her with colossal gifts
And flung them at her feet;
He showed her worth to all the earth
In splendid bridge and street;
Then let his name the echoes wake.
Blake, Blake, Blake.