The Errors of Ecstasie A Dramatic Poem. With Other Pieces. By George Darley |
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THE REBELLION OF THE WATERS. |
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THE REBELLION OF THE WATERS.
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The Sea, in tremendous commotion, calls on its tributary streams for succour, whilst Triton blows his threatning conch in vain. Simois and Scamander, awake from their dream of ages, into pristine glory, and the floods subside not even at the rebuke of Neptune.
“Arise!—the Sea-god's groaning shell
Cries madly from his breathless caves,
And staring rocks its echoes tell
Along the wild and shouting waves.
Arise! awake! ye other streams,
Than wear the plains of ruin'd Troy,
Ida's dark sons, have burst their dreams,
And shake the very hills for joy.”
Cries madly from his breathless caves,
And staring rocks its echoes tell
Along the wild and shouting waves.
Arise! awake! ye other streams,
Than wear the plains of ruin'd Troy,
Ida's dark sons, have burst their dreams,
And shake the very hills for joy.”
Press'd by the King of Tides, from far
With nostril split, and blood-shot eye,
The web-foot minions of his car
Shriek at the wave, they lighten by.
The noise of total hell was there,
As fled the rebel deeps along;
A reckless, joyous prank they dare,
Though thunder fall from Neptune's tongue.
With nostril split, and blood-shot eye,
The web-foot minions of his car
Shriek at the wave, they lighten by.
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As fled the rebel deeps along;
A reckless, joyous prank they dare,
Though thunder fall from Neptune's tongue.
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