And madly sped the Titan hulk.
Ne’er moved nor stirred the ocean’s icy berg,
But braced against her speeding bulk.
“Dost thou defy me, master of the sea,
Thou untried artifice of man?
I’ll show thee, then, whose is the stronger hand,
For mine was here e’er thine began.”
Crash! Crash! The waters rushed. The ship’s side heaved.
The ponderous engines ceased to throb,
And there above the darkening drawbridge cried