Thy lofty bearing well became thy power.

The impassioned changes of thy beauteous face,

Thy stately form, and high imperial grace;

Thine arms impetuous tossed, thy robe's wide flow,

And the dark tempest gathered on thy brow;

What time thy flashing eye and lip of scorn

Down to the dust thy mimic foes have borne;

Remorseful musings, sunk to deep dejection,

The fixed and yearning looks of strong affection;

The active turmoil a wrought bosom rending,