Think, timely think, what terrors are behind;
Reflect, nor tempt to rage the royal mind.
Air.
Fierce is the whirlwind howling
O'er Afric's sandy plain,
And fierce the tempest rolling
Along the furrow'd main;
But storms that fly
To rend the sky,
Think, timely think, what terrors are behind;
Reflect, nor tempt to rage the royal mind.
Air.
Fierce is the whirlwind howling
O'er Afric's sandy plain,
And fierce the tempest rolling
Along the furrow'd main;
But storms that fly
To rend the sky,