CALAIS, AUGUST 15, 1802. FESTIVALS have I seen that were not names: And his is henceforth an established sway— VI. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did She hold the gorgeous east in fee; When her long life hath reached its final day : VII. THE KING OF SWEDEN. THE Voice of song from distant lands shall call By one example hath set forth to all How they with dignity may stand; or fall, If fall they must. Now, whither doth it tend? That thought is one which neither can appal Nor cheer him; for the illustrious Swede hath done Of fortitude, and piety, and love, Which all his glorious ancestors approve : The heroes bless him, him their rightful son*. * See Note. VIII. TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy man of men! Live, and take comfort. Thou hast left behind Powers that will work for thee; air, earth, and skies: There's not a breathing of the common wind That will forget thee; thou hast great allies; And love, and man's unconquerable mind. IX. SEPTEMBER 1, 1802. Among the capricious acts of tyranny that disgraced those times, was the chasing of all Negroes from France by decree of the government: we had a Fellow-passenger who was one of the expelled. We had a female Passenger who came From Calais with us, spotless in array,— Joined with the lustre of her rich attire To mock the Outcast-O ye heavens, be kind! |