SECTION XXX. Care and Generosity. 1. OLD Care with industry and art, The land all round him was his own, 5. 'Twas hers the largess to bestow And num'rous was the accepting throng. 8. At length pale Penury seiz'd the dame, And fortune fled and ruin came; She found her riches at an end, All will be well-you shall have store, The bridal came, great was the feast, 12. The bride in nine moons brought him forth, Her face was mix'd with care and glee; 13. They styl'd her fair discretion's queen, Still loves to give, yet knows to spare, SECTION XXXI. The Slave. 7. WIDE over the tremulous sea, The moon spread her mantle of light; SMART And pour'd forth his sorrowful tale; Ere o'er the salt waves thou wert borne ! Nor dreamt of the sorrow to come. 6. Flow ye tears down my cheeks ever flow; Still let sleep from my eye-lids depart; And still may the sorrows of wo, Drink deep of the stream of my heart. And mournful beneath the wan light, 8. Slow o'er the smooth ocean she glides, C Who lingers so long from the grave. 9 · Oh, Maratan! haste thee' she cries, 'Here the reign of oppression is o'er The tyrant is robb'd of his prize, And Adila sorrows no more.' 10. Now sinking amidst the dim ray, Her form seems fade on my view: She beckons, and I must pursue. 11. To-morrow the white man in vain, Shall proudly account me his slave: SECTION XXXII. The Swallows. 1. ERE yellow autumn from our plains retir'd, 2. On Damon's roof a grave assembly sat, His roof, a refuge to the feather'd kind : With serious look he mark'd the nice debate, And to his Delia thus address'd his mind. It may not be improper to remind the young reader, that the anguish of the unhappy negros, on being separated for ever from their country and dearest connexions, with the dreadful prospect of perpetua! stevery, frequently becomes so exquisite, as to produce derangement of mind, and suicide. 3. "Observé yon twitt'ring flock, my gentle maid; Observe, and read the wondrous ways of Heav'n! With us, through summer's genial reign they stay'd, And food and lodgings to their wants were giv'n. 4. But now, through sacred prescience, well they know The near approach of elemental strife; The blust'ring tempest and the chilly snow, With ev'ry want and scourge o tender life. 5. Thus taught, they meditated a speedy flight; For this, e'en now they prune their vig'rous wing: For this, consult, advise, prepare, excite; And prove their strength in many an airy ring 6. They feel a pow'r an impulse all divine! That warns them hence; they feel it and obey: To this direction all their cares resign, Unknown their destin'd stage, unmark'd their way. 7. And does no power its friendly aid dispense, Nor give us tidings of some happier came? Find we no guide in gracious providence, Beyond the stroke of death, the verge of time 8. Yes, yes, the sacred oracles we hear, That point the path to realms of endless day; JAGO, THE END. |