“Foes of mankind! (her guardian spirits say,) Revolving ages bring the bitter day, When Heaven’s unerring arm shall fall on you, And blood for blood these Indian plains bedew; Nine times have Brahma’s wheels of lightning hurled His awful presence o’er the alarmèd world;[17] Nine times hath Guilt, through all his giant frame, Convulsive trembled, as the Mighty came; Nine times hath suffering Mercy spared in vain— But Heaven shall burst her starry gates again! He comes! dread Brahma shakes the sunless sky With murmuring wrath, and thunders from on high, Heaven’s fiery horse, beneath his warrior form, Paws the light clouds, and gallops on the storm! Wide waves his flickering sword; his bright arms glow Like summer suns, and light the world below! Earth, and her trembling isles in Ocean’s bed, Are shook; and Nature rocks beneath his tread! “To pour redress on India’s injured realm, The oppressor to dethrone, the proud to whelm; To chase destruction from her plundered shore With arts and arms that triumphed once before, The tenth Avatar comes! at Heaven’s command Shall Seriswattee[18] wave her hallowed wand! And Camdeo[19] bright, and Ganesa[20] sublime, Shall bless with joy their own propitious clime!— Come, Heavenly Powers! primeval peace restore! Love!—Mercy!—Wisdom!—rule for evermore!” END OF THE FIRST PART. [3] An error of the poet’s: Elijah did not ascend from Carmel, but from the eastern side of Jordan.—(See 2 KINGS ii. 7-11.) [4] See Narrative of Byron’s Shipwreck.—Notes at end of Volume. [5] _A Briton and a friend._—Don Patricio Gedd, a Scotch physician in one of the Spanish settlements, hospitably relieved Byron and his wretched associates, of which the commodore speaks in the warmest terms of gratitude. [6] The seven strings of Apollo’s harp were the symbolical representation of the seven planets. Herschell, by discovering an eighth, might be said to add another string to the instrument. [7] Linnæus, the famous Swedish Botanist. [8] Socrates. [9] _Deep from his vaults, the Loxian murmurs flow._—Loxias is the name frequently given to Apollo by Greek writers; it is met with more than once in the Chœphoræ of Æschylus. [10] EXODUS xvii. 3, 5, 6. [11] The superstition of the African savages.—See Notes. [12] Siberia.—See Notes. [13] See Notes. [14] The negroes in the West Indies were summoned to their work by a shell or horn. [15] See Notes. [16] See the description of the Cape of Good Hope, translated from Camoens by Mickle. [17] See Notes at the end of the volume. [18] The oriental Minerva. [19] The god of Love. [20] Ganesa answers to Janus. THE PLEASURES OF HOPE. PART II. ANALYSIS OF PART II