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JAMAICA Or from ocean to descry

Green plantations sloping nigh,

Starry peaks, of beryl hewn,

Whose strong footholds hidden lie

Furlong deep beneath the sea!

Long the mariners wistfully

Landward gaze, and say aright,

Earth has no more beauteous sight!" 165