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XL. 



Lovely exotic ! thou shalt share 

 Fan- Calla ! « all my fostering care, 



To guard thy tender bloom ; 

 Superbly raise thine ivory head, 

 Thine arrowy leaves umbrageous spread. 

 Thy fragrant odours round us shed, — 



We prize the rich perfume. 



XLI. 



Pride of Mount Libanus, admir'd 



For grandeur, strength, and well attir'd 



In robe of greenest shade ; 

 Boast of Jerusalem of old, 

 There beaming bright with Ophir's gold, 

 Ere, in a conqueror's host em'oll'd. 



Her sons were captives made. 



