Down the steep

Saint Hubert hurried, boldly venturous,

Catching the slimy weeds, from point to point,

And unappall’d by peril. At the foot

Of the rude rock, the fainting mariner

Seiz’d on his outstretch’d arm; impatient, wild,

With transport exquisite! But ere they heard

The blest exchange of sounds articulate,

A furious billow, rolling on the steep,

Engulph’d them in Oblivion!