‘Thy sandals quickly loose, bold mortal, and retire;
This place is holy ground, and God is in the fire!’”
The lines following refer to the giving of the ten commandments:—
“Hark! how insufferable thunders tear
Both earth and heaven! while forky lightnings glare!
Trembles the camp; the solid mountain shakes;
The earth, beneath it, to the centre quakes—
The Lord descends, the Thunderer’s voice is known!
And holy myriads stand around his throne.
The ten dread words from Sinai he recites,