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 THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. (A PATRIOTIC SONG.) of serene and sunny skies,—
 * Land of the lion and fleet gazelle;

Land where the summer never dies,
 * Cape of Good Hope, we love thee well.

Land where the birds in gorgeous plume
 * Flit through the bush or their love-song tell;

Land where the flowers show Eden's bloom,
 * Cape of Good Hope, we love thee well.

Land where the hunter scours the plains,
 * Free as the bird o'er the ocean's swell;

Land of kind nature's soothing strains,
 * Cape of Good Hope, we love thee well.

Land where the grape and the orange grow
 * Deep in yon cool sequestered dell;

Land of the melon's luscious flow,
 * Cape of Good Hope, we love thee well.

Land where fields of golden grain,
 * Rich in their bounteous fruitage swell;

Land of sleek herds in lengthened train,
 * Cape of Good Hope, we love thee well.