Formed to refine the thought with chaste desire,
And kindle sweet Affection’s purest fire.
DRAWN BY RICHARD WESTALL, R.A. ENGRAVED BY WILLIAM FINDEN.
PUBLISHED BY JOHN SHARPE, PICCADILLY,
OCT. 1, 1819.
CANTO I.
I. A ship from Egypt, o’er the deep impelled
By guiding winds, her course for Venice held.
Of famed Britannia were the gallant crew,
And from that isle her name the vessel drew;