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Rh Lightly o'er her bosom roved, Where rainbow mirth was shining, Forms revered and hearts beloved, In changeful groups combining; Childhood's smile, And Beauty's wile, Manhood with his brow of care, And matron tenderness were there: Above, the azure sky was glowing, Beneath, the flood, like silver flowing, Around in chequering light and shade, Her hues delighted Spring display'd;            Velvet verdure deck'd the vales, Winding rivers, white with sails, Through their tufted margins stray'd; Each dazzling scene, like moving picture, threw Its colouring on the eye, and rapidly withdrew.

And now the setting sun, in liquid richness, pours A flood of glory o'er the approaching shores Of that proud mart, which, like a queen Upon her island throne, is seen, With thronging masts, and spires in long array: Then sparkling eyes were bent And ardent glances sent, Through the soft misty curtains of declining day, To gain some vestige of their home; Gay Fancy decks the dome With flowers of joy; A richer blush steals o'er the virgin coy; And lost in Fancy's trance, the mother clasps her boy