Shall be defrauded of its prey. I rise,

Obeying the deep voice that, from these ruins,

Rings on mine ear its purpose. I obey,

And bound to my performance as the lion,

Long crouching in his jungle, who at last

Sees the devoted nigh. The impatient blood

Rounds with red circle all that fills mine eye;

A crimson sea receives me, and I tread

In billows thus incarnadined from nations

That bleed through ages thus at every vein.