| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | II. Addressed to His Royal Highness, the Prince of Brazil | | By Colonel David Humphreys (1753–1818) |
| | On Taking Leave of the Court of Lisbon, July, 1797 |
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FAREWELL, ye flowery fields! where Nature’s hand | |
| Profusely sheds her vegetable store, | |
| Nurtured by genial suns and zephyrs bland! | |
| Farewell, thou Tagus! and thy friendly shore: | |
| Long shall my soul thy lost retreats deplore, | 5 |
| Thy haunts where shades of heroes met my eyes. | |
| As oft I mused where Camoens trod before, | |
| I saw the god-like form of Gama rise, | |
| With chiefs renowned beneath your eastern skies. | |
| O, long may peace and glory crown thy scene! | 10 |
| Farewell, just Prince! no sycophantic lay | |
| Insults thy ear. Be what thy sires have been, | |
| Thy great progenitors! who oped the way | |
| Through seas unsailed before to climes of orient day. | | | |
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