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THE
CAST-AWAY SHIP.
The subjects of the two following Poems were suggested by the loss of the Blenheim, commanded by Sir Thomas Trowbridge, which was separated from the vessels under its convoy, during a storm, in the Indian Ocean.—The Admiral's son afterwards made a voyage, without success, in search of his father.—Trowbridge was one of Nelson's captains at the Battle of the Nile, but his ship unfortunately ran a-ground as he was bearing down on the enemy.
A VESSEL sailed from Albion's shore,
To utmost India bound;
Its crest a hero's pendant bore,
With broad sea-laurels crown'd
