Then quivering sank upon the ground;

And Lorro on his dread distress

Gazed sorrowing—mute and motionless.

The tempest with his train has fled,

And yet no moon hath lit her fire;

Nought lights the darkness, deep and dread,

Save that dim-burning Vulcan-pyre.

With its drear, wavering, ghastly light,

Still heavier than the heavy night:

Most terrible!