Where yon Green-promontory's summit soars,

The tawny sail our surging bulwark braves,

Wafted by cruel winds, and treacherous waves;

Europe's pale sons direct the barb'rous prow,

Fraught with dire stores and instruments of woe.

The tainted freight, with false luxurious glares

Of dang'rous hue, the splendid bait prepares;

Beneath the semblance of whose dazzling store

Lurks the dire barb, that taints and thins our shore.

Say, shall these tyrants with inhuman aim