And mark the dread abyss beneath;
Destruction wings thee on thy way,
And leads thee to an awful death.
He said no more, for on the air
Rose the deep murmuring of despair;
One shriek of agonizing woe
Broke on his ear, and all was o'er;
For midst the waves' eternal flow,
The boy had sank to rise no more.
When springing from the dizzy steep,