A mighty-maned, grave-mouthed prodigy,

And lair him in my caves: and other thoughts,

Some will be snakes, and bears, and savage wolves,

And when I lie tremendous in the desert,

Or abandoned sea, murderers and idiot men

Will come to live upon my rugged sides,

Die, and be buried in me. Now it comes;

I break, and magnify, and lose my form,

And yet I shall be taken for a man,

And never be discovered till I die.