XXX.

“Now hearken, brothers:—’twas a dismal night,

And in his cave sate Tatoban alone;

The fading embers shed a dreary light,

And the big owl sent forth a hollow moan;

The god of tempests sped his rapid flight,

And with his footsteps made the forest groan;

And whilst he sate, out from the deepest gloom

Did the dread form of awful Chepian come.

XXXI.