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FRANCISCO MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA.



REMEMBRANCE OF SPAIN,

WRITTEN IN LONDON IN 1811.

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,

Commingling with the rose's glow.