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I	A
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Dark was the dawn and o'er the deep	B
The boist'rous whirlwinds blew	C
The Sea bird wheel'd its circling sweep	B
And all was drear to view	C
When on the beach that binds the western shore	D
The love lorn ZELMA stood list'ning the tempest's roar	D
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II	A
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Her eager Eyes beheld the main	E
While on her DRACO dear	F
She madly call'd but call'd in vain	E
No sound could DRACO hear	G
Save the shrill yelling of the fateful blast	H
While ev'ry Seaman's heart quick shudder'd as it past	H
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III	A
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White were the billows wide display'd	I
The clouds were black and low	J
The Bittern shriek'd a gliding shade	I
Seem'd o'er the waves to go	J
The livid flash illum'd the clam'rous main	E
While ZELMA pour'd unmark'd her melancholy strain	E
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IV	C
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Be still she cried loud tempest cease	K
O spare the gallant souls	L
The thunder rolls the winds increase	K
The Sea like mountains rolls	L
While from the deck the storm worn victims leap	B
And o'er their struggling limbs the furious billows sweep	B
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V	C
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O barb'rous Pow'r relentless Fate	M
Does Heav'n's high will decree	C
That some should sleep on beds of state	M
Some in the roaring Sea	C
Some nurs'd in splendour deal Oppression's blow	J
While worth and DRACO pine in Slavery and woe	J
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VI	C
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Yon Vessel oft has plough'd the main	E
With human traffic fraught	N
Its cargo our dark Sons of pain	E
For worldly treasure bought	O
What had they done O Nature tell me why	C
Is taunting scorn the lot of thy dark progeny	C
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VII	C
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Thou gav'st in thy caprice the Soul	P
Peculiarly enshrin'd	Q
Nor from the ebon Casket stole	P
The Jewel of the mind	Q
Then wherefore let the suff'ring Negro's breast	R
Bow to his fellow MAN in brighter colours drest	R
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VIII	C
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Is it the dim and glossy hue	C
That marks him for despair	S
While men with blood their hands embrue	S
And mock the wretch's pray'r	S
Shall guiltless Slaves the Scourge of tyrants feel	T
And e'en before their GOD unheard unpitied kneel	T
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IX	C
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Could the proud rulers of the land	R
Our Sable race behold	R
Some bow'd by torture's Giant hand	R
And others basely sold	R
Then would they pity Slaves and cry with shame	U
Whate'er their TINTS may be their SOULS are still the same	U
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X	C
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Why seek to mock the Ethiop's face	C
Why goad our hapless kind	R
Can features alienate the race	C
Is there no kindred mind	R
Does not the cheek which vaunts the roseate hue	C
Oft blush for crimes that Ethiops never knew	C
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XI	C
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Behold the angry waves conspire	S
To check the barb'rous toil	V
While wounded Nature's vengeful ire	S
Roars round this trembling Isle	W
And hark her voice re echoes in the wind	R
Man was not form'd by Heav'n to trample on his kind	R
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XII	C
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Torn from my Mother's aching breast	R
My Tyrant sought my love	C
But in the Grave shall ZELMA rest	R
E'er she will faithless prove	C
No DRACO Thy companion I will be	C
To that celestial realm where Negros shall be free	C
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XIII	C
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The Tyrant WHITE MAN taught my mind	R
The letter'd page to trace	C
He taught me in the Soul to find	R
No tint as in the face	C
He bade my Reason blossom like the tree	C
But fond affection gave the ripen'd fruits to thee	C
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XIV	C
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With jealous rage he mark'd my love	C
He sent thee far away	X
And prison'd in the plantain grove	C
Poor ZELMA pass'd the day	X
But ere the moon rose high above the main	E
ZELMA and Love contriv'd to break the Tyrant's chain	E
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XV	C
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Swift o'er the plain of burning Sand	R
My course I bent to thee	C
And soon I reach'd the billowy strand	R
Which bounds the stormy Sea	C
DRACO my Love Oh yet thy ZELMA'S soul	P
Springs ardently to thee impatient of controul	P
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XVI	C
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Again the lightning flashes white	R
The rattling cords among	Y
Now by the transient vivid light	R
I mark the frantic throng	Z
Now up the tatter'd shrouds my DRACO flies	C
While o'er the plunging prow the curling billows rise	C
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XVII	C
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The topmast falls three shackled slaves	C
Cling to the Vessel's side	R
Now lost amid the madd'ning waves	C
Now on the mast they ride	R
See on the forecastle my DRACO stands	C
And now he waves his chain now clasps his bleeding hands	C
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XVIII	C
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Why cruel WHITE MAN when away	X
My sable Love was torn	A2
Why did you let poor ZELMA stay	X
On Afric's sands to mourn	A2
No ZELMA is not left for she will prove	C
In the deep troubled main her fond her faithful LOVE	C
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XIX	C
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The lab'ring Ship was now a wreck	B2
The shrouds were flutt'ring wide	R
The rudder gone the lofty deck	B2
Was rock'd from side to side	R
Poor ZELMA'S eyes now dropp'd their last big tear	S
While from her tawny cheek the blood recoil'd with fear	S
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XX	C
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Now frantic on the sands she roam'd	R
Now shrieking stop'd to view	C
Where high the liquid mountains foam'd	R
Around the exhausted crew	C
'Till from the deck her DRACO'S well known form	C2
Sprung mid the yawning waves and buffetted the Storm	C2
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XXI	C
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Long on the swelling surge sustain'd	R
Brave DRACO sought the shore	S
Watch'd the dark Maid but ne'er complain'd	R
Then sunk to gaze no more	S
Poor ZELMA saw him buried by the wave	C
And with her heart's true Love plung'd in a wat'ry grave	C