Full of anguish, faint with woe,
I must, with my music, go
To the cypress groves below.
[166] Published in the Freeman's Journal, July 3, 1782, under the title "On a Lady's Singing Bird, a native of the Canary Islands, confined in a very small cage. Written in Bermuda, 1778."
[167] This stanza and the next original in the edition of 1809.
[168] This stanza and the two following original in the edition of 1809.
[169] "Belinda."—Ed. 1786.
ON THE NEW AMERICAN FRIGATE
ALLIANCE[170]
As Neptune traced the azure main
That owned, so late, proud Britain's reign,
A floating pile approached his car,
The scene of terror and of war.
As nearer still the monarch drew
(Her starry flag displayed to view)
He asked a Triton of his train
"What flag was this that rode the main?
"A ship of such a gallant mien
"This many a day I have not seen,
"To no mean power can she belong,
"So swift, so warlike, stout, and strong.