Till o'er her crew distress and death prevail. And quench'd the ardour kindling in his breast: And lo! the power that wakes the eventful song She sails; and swifter than the course of light The fugitive ideas she restores, And calls the wandering thought from Lethe's shores; To things long past a second date she gives, She shares her power, and memory is her name. ARGUMENT. I. Retrospect of the voyage. Arrival at Candia. State of that island. Season of the year described. - II. Character of the master, and his officers, Albert, Rodmond, and Arion. Palemon, son to the owner of the ship. Attachment of Palemon to Anna, the daughter of Albert. - III. Noon. Palemon's his tory.—IV. Sunset. Midnight. Arion's dream. Unmoor by moonlight. Morning. Sun's azimuth taken. Beautiful appearance of the ship, as seen by the natives from the shore. |