OH! bear me to the groves of palm, Where perfumed airs diffuse their balm; And when the noontide beams invade, Then lay me in the embow'ring shade; Where bananas o'er my head, Mingling with the tam'rind, spread; Where the long liannes combining, Wild festoons of flowers entwining; Fragrant cassia, softly blowing, Lime and orange, ever glowing; All their spicy breath exhale, To scent the pleasure-fanning gale. There her sweet ambrosial stores, Nature in profusion pours; The cocoa's nectar let me sip, The citron's juice refresh my lip; While round me hovering play Birds, in radiant plumage gay; And amidst the foliage, raise Melodies, in varied lays. There, in aromatic bowers, Be mine to pass the summer hours; Or by some clear cascade reclined; Whose dashing sound may lull the mind Wake the lyre and tune the song, Scenes of paradise among! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEJECTION: AN ODE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE DISCOVERY; SONNET by JOHN COLLINGS SQUIRE THE PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION: BOOK 1 by MARK AKENSIDE INVITES POETS AND HISTORIANS TO WRITE IN CYNTHIA'S PRAISE by PHILIP AYRES IN ANSWER TO QUESTION FROM GREEK GRAMMAR: WHAT FUTURES SPEAK by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LINES WRITTEN ... ONE WHO HAD WATCHED .. AMERICAN & FRENCH REVOLUTIONS by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |