Her loosened tresses floated all unbound

And veiled her form around.

The fountain murmured like an endless tale

On her entrancing lips; and it would seem

As if God spake within the silent vale,

And sleeping Earth were listening, in a dream.

Like blackened clouds, in Jorokh’s stream arise

Those rocks that through her savage waters pierce;

Like dragons twain, they glare with threatening eyes,

Facing each other, arrogant and fierce.