...the devastation is begun, And half the bus'ness of destruction done: Fv'n now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessels spread the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy...

...the devastation is begun, And half the bus'ness ot destruction done; E'en now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with ev'ry gale, Downward they move, a melancholy...

...sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round. E'en now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; E'en now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, • I see the rural virtues leave the land. , Down...

...sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound* Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round. " E'en now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; E'en now, methinks, as pondering here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down, where...

...devastation is begun, And half the bus'ness of destruction done ; E'en now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with ev'ry gale, Downward they move, a melancholy...

...Till sapp'd their strt-ngth, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round. Even now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; Even now, mi-thinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I sec the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring...

...devastation is begun, And half the bus'ness of destruction done : Ev'n now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anch'ring vessels spread the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy...

...Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round. Even now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; Even now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads...

...sapp'd their strength, and ev'ry part unsound, Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round. Ev'n now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done ; Ev'n now, methinks, as pond'ring here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where...

...of wasting their powers in futile declamations, or in the intrigue* .of party ! CHAPTER VIII. " Ev'n now the devastation is begun, " And half the business of destruction done." GOLDSMITH. MADAME DE FLEURY was not disappointed ia her pupils. When the public disturbances began,...