Her arms, and flung the foam from off her locks,

Laughed, and the sound was answered by the rocks.

They had gained a central realm of earth again,

But looked for tree, and field, and sky, in vain.120

Around she pointed to a spacious cave,

Whose only portal was the keyless wave,[403]

(A hollow archway by the sun unseen,

Save through the billows' glassy veil of green,

In some transparent ocean holiday,

When all the finny people are at play,)