As if the hounds were on its track!

Prince Henry.

Lo! while we gaze, it breaks and falls

In shapeless masses, like the walls

Of a burnt city. Broad and red

The fires of the descending sun

Glare through the windows, and o'erhead,

Athwart the vapors, dense and dun,

Long shafts of silvery light arise,

Like rafters that support the skies!