On, on the vessel flies, the land
is gone,
And winds are rude in Biscay’s
sleepless bay.
Four days are sped, but with the
fifth, anon,
New shores descried make every bosom
gay;
And Cintra’s mountain greets
them on their way,
And Tagus dashing onward to the
deep,
His fabled golden tribute bent to
pay;
And soon on board the Lusian pilots
leap,
And steer ’twixt fertile shores where yet few
rustics reap.
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