. Poems . t! Soon from the bay the mingling crowd ascends,Kindred first met! by sacred instinct Friends !Thro citron-groves, and fields of yellow plantain-walks where not a sun-beam blue savannas fade into the forests frown in midnight majesty;Ceiba, and Indian fig, and plane first-born, and reverenced by Time!There sits the bird that speaks! there, quivering, that reflect the glow of evening skies!Half bird, half fly, the fairy king of flowersReigns there, and revel:> thro the liagrant hours;; 256 Gem full of life, and joy, and son

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. Poems . t! Soon from the bay the mingling crowd ascends,Kindred first met! by sacred instinct Friends !Thro citron-groves, and fields of yellow plantain-walks where not a sun-beam blue savannas fade into the forests frown in midnight majesty;Ceiba, and Indian fig, and plane first-born, and reverenced by Time!There sits the bird that speaks! there, quivering, that reflect the glow of evening skies!Half bird, half fly, the fairy king of flowersReigns there, and revel:> thro the liagrant hours;; 256 Gem full of life, and joy, and song divine,Soon in tlie virgins graceful ear to shine. Twas he that sung, if ancient Fame speaks truth,** Come! follow, follow to the Fount of Youth!I quaff the ambrosial mists that round it rise,Dissolved and lost in dreams of Paradise!For there called forth, to bless a happier met the sun in many a rainbow-shower!Murmuring delight, its living waters rolledJUid branching palms and amaranths of gold!.

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