PAGE 120. 1. 9, 10.

Not half so dreadful to Æneas' eyes,

The Straits of SICILY were seen to rise.

Alluding to the following beautiful passage in Virgil, (ENEID. III. v. 554.)

"Tum procul è fluctu TRINACRIA cernitur Ætna,
Et gemitum ingentem Pelagi, pulsataque saxa ·
Audimus longè, fractasque ad littora voces ;
Exultantque vada, atque æstu miscenter arena.
Et pater ANCHISES: "Nimirùm hæc illa Charybdis::
Hos Helenus scopulos, hæc saxa horrenda canebat.
Eripite, ó Socii, paritérque insurgite remis."
Haud minus, ac jussi, faciunt: primusque rudentem
Contorsit tavas proram PALINURUS ad undas :
Lavam cuncta cohors remis, ventisque petivit.
•Tollimur in cælum curvato gurgite, et iidem
Subductâ að manes imos descendimus undâ.
Ter scopuli clamorem inter cava șaxa dedêre ;
Ter spumam elisam, et rorantia vidimus astra.”

After this allusion, the second edition inserts the following lines:

"So they attempt St GEORGE's Shoals to clear,

Which close beneath the larboard Beam appear.”

PAGE 123. L. 7, 8

The Vessel, while the dread Event draws nigh,
Seems more impatient o'er the Waves to fly;

An Idea equally correct and beautiful, and well understood by all who have been engaged with a Lee Shore. Having occasion to wear, the mind anxious, and care-worn, be→ comes impatient to try the other tack; and therefore fan

cies that the Vessel flies towards danger, with unwonted ce

lerity. N. P.

PAGE 124. 1. 7, 8.

the faithful Stay

Drags the Main top-mast by the Cap away:

The Main top-mast Stay comes to the fore-mast head, and consequently depends upon the fore-mast as its support. The CAP is a strong, thick block of wood, used to confine the upper and lower Masts together, as the one is raised at the head of the other. The principal Caps of a Ship are those of the lower Masts. FALCONER.

PAGE 126. l. 12. For every Wave now smites the quivering Yard;

The Sea at this time ran so high, that it was impossible to descend from the Mast-head without being washed overboard. FALCONER.

PAGE 133. 1. 22, &c.

Down from his neck, with blazing gems array'd,

Thy image, lovely ANNA! hung pourtrayed;

Th' unconscious figure smiling all serene!

This image of the calm, unconscious portrait, is a most poetical, new, and striking combination. W. L. B.

PAGE 137. I. 13. Oh! then, to swell the tides of social

woe.

After this line, the second Edition reads,

"Thou, who hast taught the tragic harp to mourn
In early youth o'er Frederic's royal urn."

PAGE ibid. 1. 22: All thoughts of Happiness on Earth are

vain!

... sed scilicet ultima semper

Expectanda dies homini; dicique beatus

Ante obitum nemo supremaque funera debet."

FALCONER.

Farewell, poor FALCONER! when the dark Sea
Bursts like despair, I shall remember thee;
Nor ever from the sounding Beach depart
Without thy music stealing on my heart,

And thinking still I hear dread Ocean say,
THOU HAST DECLARED MY MIGHT, BE
THOU MY PREY!

FINIS.

W. L. B.

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JIL