Category: Poetry
I. A ship from Egypt, o’er the deep impelled By guiding winds, her course for Venice held. Of famed Britannia were the gallant crew, And from that isle her name the vessel drew; The wayward steps of Fortune they pursued, And sought in certain ills imagined good: Though caution...
I. A ship from Egypt, o’er the deep impelled By guiding winds, her course for Venice held. Of famed Britannia were the gallant crew, And from that isle her name the vessel drew;...
4. CANTO II.I. Adieu! ye pleasures of the sylvan scene, Where peace, and calm contentment dwell serene: To me, in vain, on earth’s prolific soil With summer crowned, th’ Elysian vallies smi...
6. CANTO III.I. When in a barbarous age, with blood defil’d, The human savage roamed the gloomy wild; When sullen Ignorance her flag displayed, And Rapine, and Revenge her voice obeyed; Sent...