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ere at home, with shame. _Britans_, you stay too long, Quickly aboard bestow you, And with a merry Gale Swell your stretch'd Sayle, 10 With Vowes as strong, As the Winds that blow you. Your Course securely steere, West and by South forth keepe, Rocks, Lee-shores, nor Sholes, When EOLVS scowles, You need not feare, So absolute the Deepe. And cheerefully at Sea, Successe you still intice, 20 To get the Pearle and Gold, And ours to hold, VIRGINIA, Earth's onely Paradise. Where Nature hath in store Fowle, Venison, and Fish, And the Fruitfull'st Soyle, Without your Toyle, Three Haruests more, All greater then your Wish. 30 And the ambitious Vine Crownes with his purple Masse, The cedar reaching hie To kisse the Sky The Cypresse, Pine And vse-full Sassafras. To whome, the golden Age Still Natures lawes doth giue, No other Cares that tend, But Them to defend 40 From Winters rage, That long there doth not liue. When as the Lushious smell Of that delicious Land, Aboue the Seas that flowes, The cleere Wind throwes, Your Hearts to swell Approaching the deare Strande. In kenning of the Shore (Thanks to God first giuen,) 50 O you the happy'st men, Be Frolike then, Let Cannons roare, Frighting the wide Heauen. And in Regions farre Such Heroes bring yee foorth, As those from whom We came, And plant Our name, Vnder that Starre Not knowne vnto our North. 60 And as there Plenty growes Of Lawrell euery where, APOLLO'S Sacred tree, You may it see, A Poets Browes To crowne, that may sing there. Thy Voyages attend, Industrious HACKLVIT, Whose Reading shall inflame Men to seeke Fame, 70 And much commend To after-Times thy Wit. AN ODE WRITTEN IN THE PEAKE This while we are abroad, Shall we not touch our Lyre? Shall we not sing an ODE? Shall that holy Fire, In vs that strongly glow'd
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