VISIT OF HOPE 
To SYDNEY-COVE, ■ 
Near BOTANY-BAY. 
W'hERE Sydney Cove her lucid bofoiii fwells, , . 
Courts her young navies, and the ftorrn repels ; _■ ;: .v • 
Hioh on a rock amid the troubled air 
HOPE flood fublime, and wav'd her golden hair ; 
Calm'd with her rofy fmile the toiling deep, . - • 
And v/ith fvveet accents charm'd the winds to fleep j 
To each wild plain fhe fbretch'd her fnov/y hand, " 
High-waving wood, and fca-encircled ftrand. 
** Hear me," (lie cried, " ye rinng Realms ! record 
*' Time's opening fcenes, and Truth's unerring word. 
T^here Pnall broad fcreets their ftately walls extend, 
'* The circus widen, and the crefcent bend; .\ , -. 
** There, ray'd from cities o'er the aultur'd land, 
" Shall bright canals, and folid roads expand.-- — - : ' 
** 777^ri? the proud arch, Coloffus-like, beftride ■ , ; 
Yon glittering ftreams, and bound the chafing tide ; 
** Embclliih'd villas crown the landfcape-fcene, 
** Farms wave with gold, and orchards blufh between.-—— 
" There fhall tall fpires, and dome-capt towers afcend. 
And piers and quays their maffy fcrudlures blend ; 
" While with each breeze approaching veffels glide. 
And northern treafures dance on every tide !" 
Then ceas'd tiie nymph tumultuous echoes roar. 
And Joy's loud voice was heard fi-om fhore to fliore = 
Her graceful fleps defcending prefs'd the plain. 
And Peace, and Art, and Labour, join'd her train. 
Vie; 
