FALCONER'S POEMS.





THE SHIPWRECK.

IN THREE CANTOS.

THE TIME EMPLOYED IN THIS POEM IS ABOUT SIX DAYS.


Quaeque ipse miserrima vidi,
Et quorum pars magna fui.

VIRG. AEN. lib. ii.



INTRODUCTION TO THE POEM.


While jarring interests wake the world to arms,
And fright the peaceful vale with dire alarms,
While Albion bids the avenging thunder roll
Along her vassal deep from pole to pole;