"The shallop of a trusty Moor

Conveyed me from this idle shore;

I longed to see the isles that gem

Old Ocean's purple diadem:

I sought by turns, and saw them all;[170]

But when and where I joined the crew,840

With whom I'm pledged to rise or fall,

When all that we design to do

Is done,'twill then be time more meet

To tell thee, when the tale's complete.