And lo! the Power that wakes th' eventful Song Hastes hither from LETHEAN banks along; She sweeps the gloom, and, rushing on the sight, 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, And hoary Time from her fresh youth receives; She shares her power, and MEMORY is her name.— O first-born Daughter of primeval Time! By whom transmitted down in every clime The deeds of ages long elapsed are known, Say on what Seas, for thou alone canst tell, Assailed by Tempests, girt with hostile Shores? 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 History.-IV. Sun-set.... Midnight.... ARION'S Dream... Unmoor by Moonlight... Morning... Sun's Azimuthtaken... Beautiful appearance of the Ship, as seen by the Natives from the Shore. |