Destruction’s arm arrests thy oaks![[33]]

Onward with giant strides he towers,

Dooms with dread voice thy withering bowers,

High o’er his head the broad axe wields,

Stamps with his iron foot, and shakes the fields!

When from her lawless rocks and sands

Arabia pours her ruffian bands,

The village hinds in wild distress

Around some holy hermit press

Orb within orb, their wrongs declare,