He mounts upon his chariot, and doth fly:

Yes! he drives them forth into the waves!

And the whales rise under him from the depths,

For they know he is their king;

And the glad sea is divided into parts,

That his steeds may fly along quickly;

And his brazen axle passes dry between the waves,

So, bounding fast, they bring him to his Grecians."[3]

And the poets sank again into talk.

"You see it," said the old Philistine. "He paints the picture. David sings the life of the picture."