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A TALE, O<br />
But forced by cruelty, she cam^ -,^j,, y, ,j, ;>yisi^<br />
And gave our Isle her ?ocred name, i^^ snsoe riofiSl<br />
Lonj; time upon the billows rude ji ^^^^ di'ilf<br />
Her fragile bark in safety rode^f.^^^ ^^j ^^j | ,ifnrno')<br />
While, wrap't in sleep, the Nereids borp<br />
Her orphan form Jo Albion's shore. _^____<br />
Here rose in pomp her regal state :<br />
Here elfin forms her orders wait.<br />
Since to her ear the mystic art<br />
Did Indian sage of old Tni part,<br />
Each herl), each flower, the Fairy knew,<br />
Which sparkles in the morning dew ;<br />
And well could frame the potent charm,<br />
Might aid distress, or guilt alarm.<br />
Per grot, on pillars high uproar'd.<br />
Of strange fantastic form appeared ;<br />
Whose capitols in lustre shone,<br />
With pearly boast of far Ceylon :<br />
And emerald shaft, supported well<br />
On clustered group of varied shell.<br />
Above, the sparkling rocks l^etween,<br />
In festoon hung the laver green.<br />
Or from the mytilus so blue<br />
In wide extended foliage grew ;<br />
With deep-fringed wrack, from ocean'g bed.<br />
Mid branching coral, white and red.<br />
Here the white Nautilus appeared,<br />
And star-fish to the rocks adhered ; n<br />
While mosses of the richest hue<br />
Around the pebbled marble grew.<br />
But how shall mortal verse relate<br />
The glories of her fairy state ! //<br />
On every side blue mists appear,<br />
Light as the summer gossamer.<br />
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