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 Fair is that little Isle of Bliss, The desert's emerald Oasis. A rainbow on the torrent's wave, A gem, embosom'd in the grave, The sunbeam of a stormy day, Its beauty's image might convey; Beauty, in horror's lap that sleeps, While silence round her vigil keeps.

Rest, weary Pilgrims! calmly laid To slumber in th' Acacia-shade. Rest, where the shrubs your camels bruise Their aromatic breath diffuse; Where softer light the sunbeams pour, Through the tall palm and sycamore, And the rich date luxuriant spreads Its pendent clusters o'er your heads. Nature once more, to seal your eyes, Murmurs her sweetest lullabies; Again each heart the music hails, Of rustling leaves and sighing gales;