Sounds the river harsh and loud?

The stream sounds harsh, but not loud.

There is a cloud that seems to hover,

By western hill the churchyard over,

What is it like?—'Tis like a whale;

'Tis like a shark with half the tail,

Not half, but third and more;

Now 'tis a wolf, and now a boar;

Its face is raised—it cometh here;

Let it come—there is no fear.