Lit boundless by the fire-fly—all the smells

Of tropic fruits that will regale her—all

The pomp of nature, and the inspiriting

Varieties of life she has to greet,

Come swarming o’er the meditative mind.

True, to the dream of Fancy, Ocean has

His darker hints; but where’s the element

That chequers not its usefulness to man.

With casual terror? Scathes not Earth sometimes

Her children with Tartarean fires, or shakes