“And if I curse my fate severe,

“Some Christian Savage mocks my tear!

IV.

“Shut out the Sun, O! pitying Night!

“Make the wide world my silent tomb!

“O’ershade this northern, sickly light,

“And shroud me, in eternal gloom!

“My Indian plains, now smiling glow,

“There stands my Parent’s hovel low,

“And there the tow’ring aloes rise