[Variant 30:]

1836
There foul neglect for months and months we bore,
Nor yet the crowded fleet its anchor stirred.

There, long were we neglected, and we bore
Much sorrow ere the fleet its anchor weigh'd;
1798


1802

There foul neglect for months and months we bore,
Nor yet the crowded fleet its anchor stirred.
There, long were we neglected, and we bore
Much sorrow ere the fleet its anchor weigh'd;

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[Variant 31:]

1802
Green fields before us and our native shore,
By fever, from polluted air incurred,
Ravage was made, for which no knell was heard.
Fondly we wished, and wished away, nor knew,
'Mid that long sickness, and those hopes deferr'd,



1798

Green fields before us and our native shore,
By fever, from polluted air incurred,
Ravage was made, for which no knell was heard.
Fondly we wished, and wished away, nor knew,
'Mid that long sickness, and those hopes deferr'd,

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[Variant 32:]

1802
But from delay the summer calms were past. 1798