Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham by Sir John Denham;Edmund Waller
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[3] 'Springs': Tunbridge Wells.
THE BATTLE OF THE SUMMER ISLANDS.[1] CANTO I. What fruits they have, and how Heaven smiles Upon these late-discovered isles. Aid me, Bellona! while the dreadful fight Betwixt a nation and two whales I write. Seas stain'd with gore I sing, advent'rous toil! And how these monsters did disarm an isle. Bermuda, wall'd with rocks, who does not know? That happy island where huge lemons grow, And orange-trees, which golden fruit do bear, Th' Hesperian garden boasts of none so fair; Where shining pearl, coral, and many a pound, On the rich shore, of ambergris is found. 10 The lofty cedar, which to heaven aspires, The prince of trees! is fuel to their fires; The smoke by which their loaded spits do turn, For incense might on sacred altars burn; Their private roofs on od'rous timber borne, Such as might palaces for kings adorn. |
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