FIRST CANTO:
Reading edition
THE SCENE OF WHICH LIES NEAR THE CITY OF CANDIA.
TIME,—ABOUT FOUR DAYS AND AN HALF.
ARGUMENT.
I. Retrospect of the Voyage—Arrival at Candia—State of that Island—Season of the Year described.—II. Character of the Master and his Officers, Albert, Rodmond, and Arion—Palemon, Son to the Owner of the Ship—Attachment of Palemon to Anna, the Daughter of Albert.—III. Noon—Palemon’s History.—IV. Sunset—Midnight—Arion’s Dream—Unmoor by Moonlight—Morning—Sun’s Azimuth taken—Beautiful Appearance of the Ship, as seen by the Natives from the Shore.
THE SHIPWRECK
CANTO I.
O bliss supreme: where Virtue’s self can melt With joys, that guilty Pleasure never felt; Formed to refine the thought with chaste desire, And kindle sweet Affection’s purest fire.
DRAWN BY RICHARD WESTALL, R.A. ENGRAVED BY WILLIAM FINDEN. PUBLISHED BY JOHN SHARPE, PICCADILLY, OCT. 1, 1819.
