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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1808 edition. Excerpt: ...else must perish, wretched men, In this dark hour, amid the dread abyfi, With fears amaz'd, by horrors compass'd round. But, 0! ill-omen'd, death-devoted heads! For Death bestrides the billow, nor your own Nor others' offer'd vows can stay the flight Of instant Fate. And, 1o! his secret seat, Where never sun-beam glimmer'd, deep amidst A cavern's jaws voraginous and vast, The stormy Genius of the deep forsakes, And o'er the waves, that roar beneath his frown, Ascending baleful, bids the tempest spread, Turbid and terrible with hail and rain, Its blackest pinion, pour its loudening blasts In whirlwind forth, and from their lowest depth Uptur n the world of waters. Round and round The tortur'd ship, at his imperious call, Is wheel'd in dizzy whirl: her guiding helm Breaks short; her masts in crashing ruin fall, And each rent sail flies loose in distant air. Now, fearful moment! o'er the foundering hull Half ocean heav'd, in one broad billowy curve Steep from the clouds with horrid shade impends--Ah! save them, Heav'n! it bursts in deluge down With boundless undulation: shore and sky Rebellow to the roar: at once ingulf'd, Vessel and crew beneath its torrent sweep Are sunk, to rise no more. Aurelius wept; The tear unbidden dew'd his hoary cheek: He turn'd his step; he fled the fatal scene, And brooding in sad silence o'er the sight To him alone disclos'd, his wounded heart Pour'd out to I-Ieav'n in sighs: ' Thy will be done, Not mine, Supreme Disposer of events! But death demands a tear, and man must feel For human woes: the rest submission checks.' Not distant fur, where this receding bay 3 Looks northward on...