LINES,SUGGESTED BY THE UNCERTAIN FATE OP MUNGO PARK, THE CELEBRATED AFRICAN TRAVELLER.
Oh! when at length through Afric's dreary wild,
Defying death and danger. Park had toil'd,
How proud the day! how blest the vent'rous man,
That saw accomplish'd all his mighty plan!
Saw Niger roll to meet the morning beam,
And Sego's tow'rs reflected in the stream!
Delighted of the mystic wave he drank,
Hail'd the bright flood, and dropt upon the bank;
Defying death and danger. Park had toil'd,
How proud the day! how blest the vent'rous man,
That saw accomplish'd all his mighty plan!
Saw Niger roll to meet the morning beam,
And Sego's tow'rs reflected in the stream!
Delighted of the mystic wave he drank,
Hail'd the bright flood, and dropt upon the bank;
