Near half a mile down under ground;

Mid screeching ghosts and dragons dreadful,

As e’er filled dreaming madman’s head full!

And, after mighty perils past,

On Terra Firma, got at last,

Didst dub thy jacobin toad eater

The “Thalaba” of English metre.[113]

And set the bard to brew a mess

Of horror in a wilderness,

So wondrous horrible, indeed it