OH! bear me to the groves of palm, <br />Where perfum'd airs diffuse their balm! <br />And when the noon-tide beams invade, <br />Then lay me in the embow'ring shade; <br />Where Bananas o'er my head, <br />Mingling with the Tam'rind spread; <br />Where the long liannes combining, <br />Wild festoons of flow'rs entwining; <br />Fragrant cassia, softly blowing, <br />Lime and orange, ever glowing; <br />All their spicy breath exhale, <br />To scent the pleasure-fanning gale. <br /> <br />There her sweet ambrosial stores, <br />Nature in profusion pours; <br /> <br />The cocoa's nectar let me sip, <br />The citron's juice refresh my lip; <br />While around me hovering play <br />Birds, in radiant plumage gay; <br />And amidst the foliage, raise <br />Melodies, in varied lays. <br />There, in aromatic bow'rs, <br />Be mine to pass the summer-hours; <br />Or by some clear cascade reclin'd; <br />Whose dashing sound may lull the mind, <br />Wake the lyre and tune the song, <br />Scenes of paradise among!<br /><br />Felicia Dorothea Hemans<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-1-3/
