("4723 6 The an“ an VIS 17 TD OF H OO PE«Wh To 6 An SYDNEY COVE,“ Aud) NEAR erg BOTANZT BAY. ii M REFERRED TO IN CANTO I1. 1. 317,| | Ban === mi cou WERE Sydney Cove her lucid boſom ſwells, Prs And with wide arms the indignant ſtorm repels; 100 High on a rock amid the troubled air veil Nope ſtood ſublime, and way'd her golden hairs de,

Calm'd with her roſy ſmile the toſling deep,

And with ſweet accents charm'd the winds to ſleep;

To each wild plain ſhe ſtretch'd her ſnowy hand, High-waving wood, and ſea-encircled ſtrand.

« Hear me," ſhe cried,““ ye riſing realms! record

“<'Time's opening ſcenes, and Truth's prophetic word,== “ There ſhall broad ſtreets their ſtately walls extend,

cs The circus widen, and the creſcent bend;

8“ There, ray'd from cities o'er the cultur'd land,

“< Shall bright canals, and ſolid roads expand. 5 There the proud arch, coloſlus-like, beſtride

es Yon glittering ſtreams, and bound the chafing tide;

i< Embelliſh'd villas crown the landſcape-ſcene,

ic Farms wave with gold, and orchards bluſh between.

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