Compassion's weeping form she gently draws

From realms where Mercy, interpos'd, suspends

The wrath-wing'd bolts, that awful Justice sends.

Fainting, with such a course of loathsome views,

And length of horrors, the dejected Muse

Spreads her tir'd wings, and with desponding mein,

Weeps o'er the close of the destructive scene;

Sees the dire bark 'midst direr regions steer;

Hears the plung'd anchor tell grim Slavery near;

Beholds the fell Receivers fiercely pour,