"Here thou shalt live, beneath this secret dome,

An ocean-bow'r, defended by the shade

Of quiet waters, a cool emerald gloom

To lap thee all about. Nay, be not fray'd,

Those are but shady fishes that sail by

Like antic clouds across my liquid sky!"

LXVI.

"Look how the sunbeam burns upon their scales,

And shows rich glimpses of their Tyrian skins;

They flash small lightnings from their vigorous tails,