And, mingled with his all-engulfing stream,

Go to do battle with proud Ocean’s self,

And drive him back even from his own domain.

There is an Indian village; all around,

The dark, eternal, boundless forest spreads

Its varied foliage. Stately palm-trees rise

On every side, and numerous trees unknown

Save by strange names uncouth to English ears.

Here I dwelt awhile, the one white man

Among perhaps two hundred living souls.