Calyx . hy purling course Through scenery sheen and bright,Begemmed with beauty that may boast The mandates of murmuring waters breathe a song Voluptuous in extreme,When with thj current borne along Delight usurps my dream. These I impute as Natures sweet And rarest scenes of t is true, j-et we may greet Charms of more modest worth ;We turn to Lexingtons sweet girls And contemplate, how fair,The queens of eartli, of all the worlds .^latchless. beyond compare. And thou, romantic, placid Clyde, That steals through Scotias vales,Revealst all strewn along thy side Earths

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Calyx . hy purling course Through scenery sheen and bright,Begemmed with beauty that may boast The mandates of murmuring waters breathe a song Voluptuous in extreme,When with thj current borne along Delight usurps my dream. These I impute as Natures sweet And rarest scenes of t is true, j-et we may greet Charms of more modest worth ;We turn to Lexingtons sweet girls And contemplate, how fair,The queens of eartli, of all the worlds .^latchless. beyond compare. And thou, romantic, placid Clyde, That steals through Scotias vales,Revealst all strewn along thy side Earths softest meads and dales,And Hudson, oft my fancy wooes, There Natures lavished freeProfusion fair, that ever moves Mv heart with ecstacv. Such eloriuence as theirs we know. Was neer to seraphs grace is like the canvas glow. Their voice, like songs of heaven—To be forgiven, dear girls, I woo. My orisons daily rise,For drinking, as I have, to you, These great, stupendous lies. W. (. >?? ?V,v V-- • ?n;. pUic tu LooHvnsSoutK ^vovn LexmjtPiy ,\-^ ^ «^< -«• Cou^aC •* i\ft<^(_ ? ^6 »i(S%_^^

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