Forever set, at least from out my view!
Compact, piled up, dark leaden-colored clouds
Now intervene like demons of revenge
On swift destruction bent. Malice and Hate,
And Scandal's cruel breath unite to doom
The fragile bark to an untimely tomb!
Full many a gloomy night (and all is night
To the lone one now on the boisterous wave, or sea),
Through life's kaleidoscope, with straining eye,
I've gazed and prayed that brighter skies would shine,