But, oh! to lovely Anna shouldst thou tell
What dire untimely end thy friend befel;
Draw o’er the dismal scene soft Pity’s veil,
And lightly touch the lamentable tale:
Say that my love, inviolably true,
No change, no diminution ever knew;
Lo! her bright image pendent on my neck
Is all Palemon rescued from the wreck;
Take it! and say, when panting in the wave
I struggled life and this alone to save.