He felt the fire-light feed upon his brain,

And started with intensity of pain,

And washed him in the sea;—it only brought

Wild reason, like a demon; and he thought

Strange thoughts, like dreaming men,—he thought how those

Were round him he had seen, and many rose

His heart had hated; every billow threw

Features before him, and pale faces grew

Out of the sea by myriads:—the self-same

Was moulded from its image, and they came