The poetical wanderer containing, dissertations On the early poetry of Greece, On tragic poetry, and on the power Of noble actions on the mind. To which are added, several poems |
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A towering rock o'erlooks the boundless waves,
Which frowns defiance and their fury braves;
There first I spy'd from its bleak giddy steep
Your sails approaching o'er the foaming deep,
Scarce in my transport could I then refrain
From plunging headlong in the passing main.
Borne by propitious winds your ship drew nigh
And first my rival met my searching eye,
Round her lov'd form your faithless arms were press'd
Her head enamour'd hung upon your breast:
With furious hands I tore my floating hair,
And beat my breast in wildness of despair;
My cry resounded thro' fair Ida's grove
The happy scenes of once our happy love.
May gaudy Helen too like me complain,
And mourn like me forsaken lover's pain!
May she in future feel those throbbing woes
Which now on poor Oenone she bestows!
Which frowns defiance and their fury braves;
There first I spy'd from its bleak giddy steep
Your sails approaching o'er the foaming deep,
Scarce in my transport could I then refrain
From plunging headlong in the passing main.
Borne by propitious winds your ship drew nigh
And first my rival met my searching eye,
Round her lov'd form your faithless arms were press'd
Her head enamour'd hung upon your breast:
With furious hands I tore my floating hair,
And beat my breast in wildness of despair;
My cry resounded thro' fair Ida's grove
The happy scenes of once our happy love.
May gaudy Helen too like me complain,
And mourn like me forsaken lover's pain!
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Which now on poor Oenone she bestows!
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