Where was held that marriage feast,
Where water was made wine?
Towards what sea, when from toil releas’d,
Did Israel’s course incline?
Where did Philistia pitch her tent,
Led by a giant chief,
When David from the sheep-fold went
To Israel’s relief?
Where was the seer Elijah born,
That favour’d man of God,
Who straight to glory was upborne,
While in this earthly clod?
And say where Eve and Adam plac’d,
For a short time remain’d,
Till sin (which all the world defac’d)
An easy entrance gain’d.
Then turn to southern Europe’s shore,
And fix your thoughts awhile,
Where Ocean’s waves are studded o’er
With many a beauteous isle:
Let contemplation rest on one
Which moderns “Candia” name,
And let my queries, solv’d make known
What th’ ancients call’d the same.
(Elizabeth Hitchener)
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