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FRANCISCO MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA.
REMEMBRANCE OF SPAIN,
WRITTEN IN LONDON IN 1811.
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I saw upon the shady Thames
Unnumber'd ships with riches fraught;
I saw the power the nation claims
Immense, the greatness it has wrought,
And arts that such renown have brought.
But the afflicted mind exhaled
A thousand sighs; again to view
The flowery banks the wish prevailed,
Where glides the Douro calmly through,
Or Henil's streams their course pursue.
I saw the proud Court's ladies forth
Their wealth and grandeur gaily show;
I saw the beauties of the North,
Their bright complexions white as snow,