Joyful annunciation!—it went forth—[114]
It pierced the caverns of the sluggish North—[BC]
It found no barrier on the ridge
Of Andes—frozen gulphs became its bridge—
The vast Pacific gladdens with the freight—
Upon the Lakes of Asia 'tis bestowed—
The Arabian desert shapes a willing road
Across her burning breast,
For this refreshing incense from the West!—[BD]
—Where snakes and lions breed,