LXXX. To the West Wind

The FUMIGATION from FRANKINCENSE.

SEA-born, aerial, blowing from the west,

Sweet gales, who give to weary'd labour rest:

Vernal and grassy, and of gentle found,

To ships delightful, thro' the sea profound;

For these, impell'd by you with gentle force, 5

Pursue with prosp'rous Fate their destin'd course.

With blameless gales regard my suppliant pray'r,

Zephyrs unseen, light-wing'd, and form'd from air.

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