Six months in the West Indies in 1825 / [Anon].

  • Coleridge, Henry Nelson, 1798-1843.
Date:
1826
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Credit: Six months in the West Indies in 1825 / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    their plusquam fortunata insula, and the blessed spirits of the Gentiles, after a millennium of pro- bationary enjoyment in the Canaries, would have been translated thither to live for ever on nectar and oranges. Pour toujours Ce rivage Est sans nuit et sans orage. Pour toujours Cette aurore Fait ¢clore Nos beaux jours. C’est le port De la vie ; C'est le sort (on envie. Le monde et ses faux attraits, Sont-ils faits Pour nos regrets ? Non, jamais ! Lieux propices, Vous n’offrez que des délices ! Non, jamais ! Cet empire Ne respire (Jue la paix. T should think the situation of Madeira the most enviable on the whole earth. It ensures almost every European comfort, together with almost every tropical luxury. Any degree of temperature