ARGUMENT. I. Retrospect of the Voyage.. Arrival at Candia.. State of that Island.. Season of the Year described. . II. Character of the Master, and his Officers, ALBERT, RODMOND, and ARION.. PALEMON Son to the Owner of the Ship.. Attachment of PALEMON to ANNA the Daughter of ALBERT.. Noon.. III. PALEMON's History.. IV. Sun set.. Midnight... ARION's Dream... Unmoor by Moonlight... Morning. Sun's Azimuth taken.. Beautiful appearance of the Ship, as seen by the Natives from the Shore. I. A SHIP from Egypt, o'er the deep impell'd J Finder inlp Though cautioned oft her slippery path to shun, Had crowned each painful voyage with success; Thrice had the Sun to rule the varying year Across th' equator rolled his flaming sphere, Since last the Vessel spread her ample sail From ALBION's coast, obsequious to the gale; She o'er the spacious flood, from shore to shore Unwearying wafted her commercial store; The richest ports of AFRIC she had viewed Thence to fair ITALY her course pursued, Had left behind TRINACRIA's burning isle And visited the margin of the Nile: And now, that Winter deepens round the Pole, The circling Voyage hastens to its goal: They, blind to Fate's inevitable law, No dark event to blast their hope foresaw, Before whose vivid intellectual ray Already British Coasts appear to rise, The chalky Cliffs salute their longing eyes; Nor less o'erjoyed, with sympathetic truth, And mutual feelings mutual bliss bestow: Thus time elapsed, while o'er the pathless tide Their Ship through Grecian seas the pilots guide. Occasion called to touch at CANDIA'S shore, Which, blest with favoringWinds, they soon explore; |