With sudden crow,—and off he went,
Like fowling-piece at cock!
[THE FALL.]
"Down, down, down, ten thousand fathoms deep."
Count Fathom.
Who does not know that dreadful gulf, where Niagara falls,
Where eagle unto eagle screams, to vulture vulture calls;
Where down beneath, Despair and Death in liquid darkness grope,
And upward, on the foam there shines a rainbow without Hope;
While, hung with clouds of Fear and Doubt, the unreturning wave