Are under the dominion of a yoke

More galling than a tyrant's. Slave of Sin!


SONNETS.
Written on viewing the Picture of "The Deluge," painted by F. Danby, Esq., A.R.A.

We gaze in awe upon the solemn scene,

With sense and soul absorbed, as if the sight

Were tranced in that o'erpowering vengeful light

Which shrouds the setting sun; and what has been

A world is now a waste of waters, higher