Narrative poem · 1762

The Shipwreck

In Three Cantos

by William Falconer

A narrative poem in heroic couplets of a merchant ship's voyage from Alexandria and its loss on the coast of Greece, drawn from the author's own experience at sea.

Contents · 5 parts

• Introductionabout 110 lines
• Canto Iabout 850 lines
• Canto IIabout 930 lines
• Canto IIIabout 920 lines
• Occasional Elegy76 lines

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