Is island country in 
the Eastern Mediterranean sea.
The third largest and third most
populous island in the Mediterranean, 
and a member state of the European 
Union. It is located south of Turkey, 
west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest
of Israel and the Gaza strip, north 
of Egypt and east of Greece. 

Land of lemon and olive
Land of hug and joy
Land of pine and cypress
golden-green leaf
thrown into the ocean 

land of dried meadow 
land of embittered Madonna
land of lives, hades, loss, 
of fierce weather and volcanoes