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Oh ! raise from cmnb’rous ground 
My soul in rapture drown’d. 
That fearless it may soar on wings of fire; 
For thou, who only know’st, thou only canst inspire ! 
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My soul absorb’d One only being knows. 
Of all perceptions One abundant source. 
Whence every object every moment flows : 
Suns hence derive their force. 
Hence planets learn their course; 
But suns and fading worlds I view no more : 
God only I perceive, God only I adore ! 
Various are the conjectures of cTAnquitel, Niebuhr, and other 
travellers, respecting these caverns, but none satisfactory ; the 
author of the Indian Antiquities, and several writers who have re- 
cently published their investigations are more explanatory. Before 
I proceed to that part of the subject, I shall transcribe Dr. Fryer's 
entertaining account of his visit to the excavated mountains at 
Salsette, a century before I saw them. 
« Curiosity led me to visit the island of Canorein, or Salsette; 
nor went I alone, some of the best quality on the island of Bom- 
bain being led by the same desire, joined themselves with me: 
we carried a train of horses, palanquins, and servants, which were 
ferried over before us; and we coming soon after, were met by 
some members of the convent of Jesuits, and conducted to the 
fathers, who detained us till afternoon by a stately banquet, shew- 
ing us the civility of the church and college, diverting us both 
with instrumental and vocal music, and very good wine: and 
wherever we came afterwards, we received, by the kindness of the 
