Fierce curses on him through the rain.

And then, it seemed, 'gainst blazing skies

A necromantic tower sate,

Crag-like on crags, of giant size;

With adamatine wall and gate.

And from the storm a hand of might,

Red-rolled in thunder, reached among

The gate's huge bolts, that burst—and night

Clanged ruin as its hinges swung.

Then far away a murmur trailed,—