"See this—and die! *—

"See these great streets; survey these monster marts;

"The lordly'Changes of our merchant kings;—

"Behold this Thames, with all its flutt'ring breast

"Brave with white wings.—

"Wharves, stately with warehouses—

"Docks, with a world's treasure-chest in bail—

"What hand shall touch ye?

"What rash foe assail?"

"Fire! to the eastward—Fire!