sighed,

    And kne wher died

    ress reduced the childrens meal:

    t from he grave did hide

    ty loom, cold  wheel,

    And tears t ?o heal.

    twas a ime was come;

    e had no hope, and no relief could gain.

    But soon, he noisy drum

    Beat round, to sreets of  and pain.

    My o strain

    Me and his children hungering in his view:

    In sucears were vain:

    to join those miserable men he ?ew;

    And noo t, h numbers more, we drew.

    t for months we bore,

    Nor yet t its ancirred.

    Green ?elds 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 t long sickness, and those hopes deferrd,

    t  view:

    ting signal streamed, at last thdrew,

    But from delay t.

    On as ial deep

    Ran mountains--.

    e gazed error on the gloomy sleep

    Of t perishe whirlwinds sweep,

    Untaug soon suc ensue,

    Our  of af?iction reap,

    t he waves should rue.

    e reacern ed crew.

    Oo resign

    All t is dear _in_ being! better far

    In ants most lonely cave till deato pine,

    Unseen, uncar;

    Or in treets and walks where proud men are,

    Better our dying bodies to obtrude,

    t the heels of war,

    Protract a curst existence, he brood

    t lap (t!) thers blood.

    t on our heads came down,