betray the hapless lover.
i know thou doom'st me to despair,
nor wilt, nor canst relieve me;
but, o eliza, hear one prayer—
for pity's sake forgive me!
the music of thy voice i heard,
nor wist while it enslav'd me;
i saw thine eyes, yet nothing fear'd,
till fears no more had sav'd me:
th' unwary sailor thus, aghast
the wheeling torrent viewing,
'mid circling horrors sinks at last,
in overwhelming ruin.