Page:Memoir and poems of Phillis Wheatley, a native African and a slave.djvu/93

Rh The ship arrives before the fav'ring wind,

And makes the Philadelphian port assigned;

Thence I attend you to Bostonia's arms,

Where gen'rous friendship ev'ry bosom warms:

Thrice welcome here! may health revive again,

Bloom on thy cheek, and bound in ev'ry vein!

Then back return to gladden ev'ry heart,

And give your spouse his soul's far dearer part;

Received again, with what a sweet surprise,

The tear in transport starting from his eyes!

While his attendant son, with blooming grace,

Springs to his father's ever dear embrace,

With shouts of joy Jamaica s rocks resound,

With shouts of joy the country rings around.

thou didst hear the tempest from afar,

And felt'st the horrors of the watery war,

To me unknown, yet on this peaceful shore

Methinks I hear the storm tumultuous roar,

And how stern Boreas, with impetuous hand,

Compelled the Nereids to usurp the land.

Reluctant rose the daughters of the main,

And slow ascending, glided o'er the plain,