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Sinks thro' the greensward!—is there not a cry From the wrung heart, of power, thro' agony, To pierce the clouds? Hear, Mercy! hear me! None That bleed and weep beneath the smiling sun, Have heavier cause!—yet hear!—my soul grows dark— Who hears the last shriek from the sinking bark, On the mid seas, and with the storm alone, And bearing to th' abyss, unseen, unknown, Its freight of human hearts?—th' o'ermastering wave! Who shall tell how it rush’d—and none to save?

Thou hast forsaken me! I feel, I know, There would be rescue if this were not so. Thou'rt at the chase, thou'rt at the festive board, Thou'rt where the red wine free and high is pour'd, Thou'rt where the dancers meet!—a magic glass Is set within my soul, and proud shapes pass, Flushing it o'er with pomp from bower and hall;— I see one shadow, stateliest there of all,—