...the devastation is begun, And half the bus'ness ot destruction done; E'en now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with ev'ry gale, Downward they move, a melancholy...

...the devastation is begun, And half the bus'ness of destruction done: Fv'n now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessels spread the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy...

...draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe ; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round. E'en now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; E'en now, methinks,...

...more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe ; Till, sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound* Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round. " E'en now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; E'en now, methinks,...

...devastation is begun, And half the bus'ness of destruction done ; E'en now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with ev'ry gale, Downward they move, a melancholy...

...draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe. Till sapp'd their strt-ngth, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink, and...half the business of destruction done ; Even now, mi-thinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I sec the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring...

...devastation is begun, And half the bus'ness of destruction done : Ev'n now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessels spread the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy...

...dranght more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe, Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink, and...business of destruction done ; Even now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads...

...large and large they row, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe , Tillsipp'dtheir strength, and cv'ry e poets lyre. Still sing the God of Seasons as they roll. For me, when I bus'ness of destruction done ; Ev'n now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I sec the rural virtues...

...more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldly woe ; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound-, Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round Ev'n now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction clone ; Ev'n now, methinks,...