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 Thus princely Jason, launching from the steep, With dauntless prow explored th' untravell'd deep; Thus, at the helm, Ulysses' watchful sight View'd ev’ry star and planetary light Sublime ! when, at length descried, The long-sought land arose above the tide, How every heart with exultation glow'd, How from each eye the tear of transport flow'd! Not wilder joy the sons of Israel knew When Canaan's fertile plains appear'd in view. Then rose the choral anthem on the breeze, Then martial music floated o'er the seas; Their waving streamers to the sun display'd, In all the pride of warlike pomp array'd. Advancing nearer still, the ardent band Hail'd the glad shore, and bless'd the stranger land; Admired its palmy groves and prospects fair, With rapture breathed its pure ambrosial air: Then crowded round its free and simple race, Amazement pictured wild on every face; Who deem'd that beings of celestial birth, Sprung from the sun, descended to the earth. Then first another world, another sky, Beheld Iberia's banner blaze on high!