Then towering seas that gleamed as with snowcap,
Tossed ships on land, while into Ocean’s lap
The land convulsed, her haughty mansions heaved.
Waves onward dashed, as roaring flames they cleaved.
In contest fierce, for mastery thus strove
The elements, as luckless Mu they drove,
With Death to battle, down in yawning hell;
By all her gods forsaken, doomed she fell!”
“In blind despair, brother ’gainst brother fought;
For feeble minds to frenzy soon were brought.