Each ocean foams with maddened tide,

The shrinking hills in fear subside.

Trembles the earth with feverous throe

The wind in fitful tempest blows.

No cure we see with troubled eyes:

And atheist brood on earth may rise.

The triple world is wild with care,

Or spiritless in dull despair.

Before that saint the sun is dim,

His blessed light eclipsed by him.