PORTION OF AN ODE TO THE CHOCOLATE TREE. 

 Dedicated to Cardinal Francis Maria, 



BY 



Alonsius Ferronius, a Jesuit — 1664 



O nata terris Arbor in ultimis, 

 Et Mexicani gloria littoris, 



Fcccunda succo, quo superbit 

 Aethereum Chocolata nectar. 



Tibi omne lignum cedat, et omnium, 

 Propago floruni ; Laurus adoreas 



Nectens triumphis, Quercus, Alnus, 

 Et Libani pretiosa Cedrus. 



TRANSL.\TED. 



O tree, upraised in far off Mexicos, 



The glor>- of their golden strands ; 

 As heavenly nectar from a chalice flows 



Its Chocolate for other lands. 



To thee, the palm of ever}- tree is given, 



And ever>' flower yields thee homage sweet ; 



The Laurel crowns thy head ; the Oak, the Alder tree 

 And precious Cedar triumph at thy feet. 





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