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To a Lady on her coming to North-America with her Son, for the Recovery of her Health.

INdulgent muse! my grov'ling mind inspire,
And fill my bosom with celestial fire.

See from Jamaica's fervid shore she moves,
Like the fair mother of the blooming loves,

When from above the Goddess with her hand

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Pans the soft breeze, and lights upon the land;
Thus she on Neptune's wat'ry realm reclin'd
Appear'd, and thus invites the lingering wind.

"Arise, ye winds, America explore,

"Waft me, ye gales, from this malignant shore;

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"The Northern milder climes I long to greet,
"There hope that health will my arrival meet."
Soon as she spoke in my ideal view
The winds assented, and the vessel flew.

Madam,