"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!