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elegant language of Camoens, who gives a faithful recital of the 

 event, dreffed in poetical numbers, by the elegant pen of Mr. 

 Mickle. 



Great Samoreen, her lord's imperial %le. 

 The mighty Lord of India's utmofl foil : 

 To him the kings their duteous tributes pay. 

 And at his feet confefs their borrow'd fway. 

 Yet higher tower'd the monarch's antient boafl; 

 Of old, one fovereign ruled the fpacious coaft. 

 A votive train, who brought the Koran's lore. 

 What time great Perimal the fceptre bore. 

 From bleft Arabia's groves to India came : 

 Life were their words, their eloquence a flame 

 Of holy zeal ; fir'd by the powerful ftrain. 

 The lofty monarch joins the faithful train; 

 And vows at fair Medina's fhrine to clofe 

 His life's mild eve, in pray'r and fweet repofe. 

 Gifts he prepares to decic the Prophet's tomb. 

 The glowing labors of the Indian loom ; 

 Orixa's fpices, and Golconda's gems : 

 Yet ere the fleet th' Arabian ocean flems. 

 His final care his potent regions claim. 

 Nor his the tranfport of a father's name : 

 His fervants now the regal purple wear. 

 And high enthron'd the golden fceptres bear, 

 Proud Cochin one, and one fair Chale fways ; 

 The fpicy ifle another lord obeys ; 



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