That shot into his heart; his reason flew

Back to her throne: he rose, and wildly threw

His matted tresses over on his brow.

Another billow came, and even now

Was dashing at his feet. There was no shade

Of terror, as the serpent waters play’d

Before him, but his eye was calm as death.

Another, yet another! and the breath

Of the weird wind was with it, like a rock

Unriveted it fell—a shroud of smoke