“I felt her breast with kindness glow.

VII.

“Where’er I turn my sleepless eyes,

“No cheek so dark as mine, I see;

“For Europe’s Suns, with softer dyes

“Mark Europe’s favour’d progeny!

“Low is my stature, black my hair,

“The emblem of my Soul’s despair!

“My voice no dulcet cadence flings,

“To touch soft pity’s throbbing strings!