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CLYDE;
On Clyde's delightful banks their mansions rise,And o'er the stream behold the southern skies. Where the fair Maidens glide with silent force,And, close embracing, end their gentle course; 210Unbounded plenty overflows the plain,Each bending stalk presents a load of grain;And every kind a different lustre yields,With varied beauty to adorn the fields.See that broad plain which deepest verdure wears;Like scattered rubies first the bloom appears;Still sparkling thronger as the stalks arise,Till one bright purple glow the ridges dyes.In silver hue the awny barley shines,And waving oats extend their golden lines: 220Soft zephyrs waft o'er every spacious field,The fragrant odours beans in blossom yield;And stately wheat, which winter's rage defied,Still lifts its head erect with hardy pride. Around imperial Clyde, in regal state,The various powers of rural plenty wait;Whether through fields of vegetable gold,He shoots direct, or wreathes each humid fold.To grace Britannia's king, on days of joy,Thus all his court their various cares employ: 230
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