...devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; E'en now, methinks, as pondering here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land....connubial tenderness, are there ; And piety, with wishes placed above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love : And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid,...

...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...

...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...

...spreads the sail, That i.lly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy baud, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand. Contented toil, and hospitable care, And kind connubial tanderncss, arc there ; And piety with wishes plac'd above, Aud steady loyalty, and faithful love....

...bnsiness of destrnction done ; Even now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rnral Virtnes leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads...strand. Contented toil, and hospitable Care, And kind connnbial Tenderness, are there; And Piety with wishes plac'd above, And steady Loyalty, and faithfnl...

...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...

...own fig-tree, may deprive Britain of a hardy and useful body of men. EVEN now, methinks, as pondering here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land...vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting, flaps in every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand....

...Till, sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail,...connubial tenderness are there ; And piety, with wishes placed ahove ; And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry ! thou loveliest maid,...

...the 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...

...hegun, And half the business of destruction done ; Even now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, 1 see the rural Virtues leave the land. Down where yon...with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy hand, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand. Contented Toil, and hospitable Care, And kind...