# The shipwreck

Author: Falconer, William, 1732-1769; Westall, Richard, 1765-1836 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69336

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+shipwreck+Falconer&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

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 cautioned oft her slippery path to shun, Hope still with promised joys allured them on; And, while they listened to her winning lore, The softer scenes of peace could please no more: Long absent they from friends and native home The cheerless ocean were inured to roam; Yet Heaven, in pity to severe distress, Had crowned each painful voyage with success; Still to compensate toils and hazards past Restored them to maternal pl...

## Chapters

- [CANTO III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shipwreck-69336/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CANTO II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shipwreck-69336/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CANTO I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shipwreck-69336/chapters/2/index.md)