Or human voice broke nature’s silent reign;
But vast and grassy deserts feed the bear,
And sweeping deer-herds dread no hunter’s snare.
Such young delight his real records brought,
His truth so touched romantic springs of thought,
That all my after-life—his fate and fame
Entwined romance with La Perouse’s name.
Fair were his ships, expert his gallant crews,
And glorious was th’ emprize of La Perouse,—
Humanely glorious! Men will weep for him,