Poems Consisting Of Essays, Lyric, Elegiac, &c. By Thomas Dermody. Written between the 13th and 16th Year of his Age |
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[Thrown on the desert cliff, with frantic eye]
Thrown on the desert cliff, with frantic eye,Madly, I gaze the howling surge below,
Invoke, meek Pity, from the bursting sky,
And call the sullen deep, to share my woe.
Poor Exile, from the tender maid, I love!
Startled, the shipwreck of my hopes, I view,
Hark! the shrill winds, my plaintive cries reprove,
Caverns, abrupt, and horrid, murm'ring thro'.
Full oft, I lean, and cast a ling'ring glance
O'er the broad bosom of the toiling main,
And fear, and feel, I ne'er shall see, again,
The blessed barque, which bore my love, advance.
Hope, sits delightless, shiv'ring, by my side,
And Patience, drops, herself, a silent tear,
Wretch! do'st thou mark, a dim corse floating near;
'Tis she!—and is the sea, thy dismal bier.
Thy mourners, the relentless blasts, that fly,—
At least, I hold thee, dead, at most, I wish to die.
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