Like a death-fiend howling past.

I bear the wealth of a thousand climes,

The spoils of a briny sea,

The produce of lands where the church-bells chime,

And the gold of the dark Caffree.

I roar on the beach of the roaring deep,

Where the sea-shells touch my wheels;

Through the desert land with a howl I sweep,

And the yellow harvest fields.

I speed through the city’s busy streets,