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    The cocoa's nectar let me sip.
    The citron's juice refresh my lip;
    While around me hovering play
    Birds, in radiant plumage gay;
    And amidst the foliage, raise
    Melodies, in varied lays.
    There, in aromatic bow'rs,
    Be mine to pass the summer-hours;
    Or by some clear cascade reclin'd;
    Whose dashing sound may lull the mind,
    Wake the lyre and tune the song,
    Scenes of paradise among!

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