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FRANCISCO MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA.
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Maids of the Henil! dark ye be;
But ne'er would I exchanged resign
Your charms for all that here I see,
Proud Albion shows, of brows that fine
Ev'n as the polished ivory shine.
O, father Douro! gentle stream,
Whose sands a golden store supply,
Deign of my heart the wish supreme
To hear, thy sacred margins by,
That it may be my lot to die!
RETURN TO GRANADA,
OCTOBER 27, 1831.
My loved country! thee again
I come at length return'd to see;
Thy beauteous soil, thy fields where reign
Plenty and joy unceasingly!
Thy radiant sun, thy peaceful skies,
Yes! there extended o'er the plain,
