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We saw fair Cadiz gleam out suddenly, / White as if builded of the foam of Ocean; / White as a bride, with orange blossoms free
Scattered upon her; and it seemed to me
Her sweet breath met us with the wind's least motion.
And by her side a cloudy mountain rose, / Its top enfolding soft a purple tower; / Such shapes sometimes our new-world sunset shows, / But thou, old mountain! on thy sides still flower
The very blooms of poor Zarifa's bower.
And from thy purple turrets leaning low, / Thy course is seen, oh shining Guadalquiver!
Rushing towards the sea, its waves to strew
With leaves of old Romance, / And blend with Ocean's flow
Fresh sighs for youth and beauty gone forever.
Fade once again on the horizon's rim, / Take back the vision and the sweet emotion, / Oh lovely Cadiz! bride so fair and dim!
Drained is the cup thou filled'st me to the brim, / And dropped within the bluest wave of Ocean!
Written at sea, off Cadiz.