Flung by the tossing tide on high,
Then levelled with the wave . . .”
Milton in his “Hymn on the Nativity,” thus alludes to the fable of the Halcyon:
“But peaceful was the night
Wherein the Prince of light
His reign of peace upon the earth began;
The winds with wonder whist
Smoothly the waters kist
Whispering new joys to the mild ocean,
Who now hath quite forgot to rave