And his heart grew dull as lead.
“And deeper blackness gathered round,
And tree and rock did hide;
But ’mid the gloom a shadowy form
Loomed dimly at his side.
“A shadowy form with wings of storm
And eyes of lurid blaze,
Like baleful stars that gleam to mock
The drowning seaman’s gaze.
“‘What seek’st thou here?’ the Demon said