'96S ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805, 



What triumphs in his ardent mind, 

 What glorious conquests are design'd ! 

 Beneath his prow the billows roar, 

 Which break upon th' Egyptian shore, 

 Where once the walls of fair Canopus rose, 

 And ancient Nile with amplest current flows, 



II. 



Ye Julian laurels droop and fade ! 



Thou mighty Macedonian shade, 



Hence from thine ancient realms retire ! 

 -» The glories of thy name expire. 



With what a shout old Memphis rings, 



While treading on the necks of kings ; 



A new Sesostris moves to war, 



And spreading his proud reign afar, 

 From high Ecbatana, or Su.sa's tow'rs, 

 Awes with loud threats Byzantium's trembling shoret S 



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Arabia's yet uuconquer'd land 



Bows her strong neck to his command ; 



See Tigris too her tribute pour, 

 • And vaunt th' Abassine lords no more. 



Indus and Ganges, sacred streams ! 



That front the sun's ascending beams, 



To th' Erythraean deep proclaim 



His future conqu'ror's awlul name. 

 •' Spread every sail," th' impetuous warrior cries, 

 <' And swiftly bear me to the glorious prize "' 



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IV. 



When lo ! the -winds are lock'd in sleep, 



And sudden darkness veils the deep ; 



Surpris'd the chief — but void of fear, 



Beholds a giant form appear. 



About whose cloHd-cncirclcd head 



Impenetrable night is spread : 



Dreadful above, below, around, 



Is heard the rushing waters' sound, 

 While forth he hurls the mighty flood, whose roar 

 Makes deaf the nations on his echoing shore. 



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V. 



In thunder now the phantom speaks — 

 (All nature at the portent shakes) 

 ** Pursued by every peoples' curse, 

 ** In evil hour, with fates averse, 



AHd 



