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THE ISLE OF PALMS,
AND
OTHER POEMS.
BY
JOHN WILSON.
_Where lies the land to which yon Ship must go?
Festively she puts forth in trim array,
And vigorous, at a lark at break of day,----
----Is she for summer suns, or polar snow?_
EDINBURGH:
PRINTED FOR
LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, LONDON;
JOHN BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY, EDINBURGH;
AND JOHN SMITH AND SON, GLASGOW.
1812.
TO
GEORGE JARDINE, ESQ.
PROFESSOR OF LOGIC,
AND TO
JOHN YOUNG, ESQ.
PROFESSOR OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE,
IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW,
THIS VOLUME
IS RESPECTFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
BY
THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS.
ISLE OF PALMS.
Page.
CANTO I. 1