UTTERED by whom, or how inspired--designed For what strange service, does this concert reach Our ears, and near the dwellings of mankind! 'Mid fields familiarized to human speech?-- No Mermaid's warble--to allay the wind Driving some vessel toward a dangerous beach-- More thrilling melodies; Witch answering Witch, To chant a love-spell, never intertwined Notes shrill and wild with art more musical: Alas! that from the lips of abject Want 10 Or Idleness in tatters mendicant The strain should flow--free Fancy to enthral, And with regret and useless pity haunt This bold, this bright, this sky-born, WATERFALL!
