南嶋を思いて

附録に同舟のジラード Gillard と呼ぶ者の別れ FAREWELL と題する四句二十五節の長詩一篇がある。

今首尾の一、二節を引こう。首の一節はこうだ。

The sails are set, ―the anchor's weigh'd;

Their seaward course the ships pursue

And, friendly signs at parting made,

We bid the land a last adieu.

最後の二節は次のようである。

No more; ―for now the freshing breeze

Impels us swiftly o'er the deep:

Your verdant shore no longer please,

And faint appear your mountains steep.

Their summits now are clothed in gray,

And scared the eye their place can tell;

Once more Dear Island, Fare thee Well!