And arts that such renown have brought.

But the afflicted mind exhaled

A thousand sighs; again to view

The flowery banks the wish prevail’d,

Where glides the Douro calmly through,

Or Henil’s streams their course pursue.

I saw the proud Court’s ladies forth

Their wealth and grandeur gaily show;

I saw the beauties of the North,

Their bright complexions white as snow,