Tossing with fretful spleen their angry heads,

E’en in the foam of all their madness struck

To monumental ice.

. . . . . . .

Such execution,

So stern, so sudden, wrought the grisly aspect

Of terrible Medusa,

When wandering through the woods she turned to stone

Their savage tenants; just as the foaming Lion

Sprang furious on his prey, her speedier power