Heathen mythology, Illustrated by extracts from the most celebrated writers, both ancient and modern

by Various

Advanced to the freedom of the main,

And stand before your vast creation's plain,

And roam your watery kingdom thro' and thro'

And see your branching woods and palace blue,

Spar-built and domed with crystal: aye and view

The bedded wonders of the lonely deep;

And see on coral banks, the sea-maids sleep,

Children of ancient Nereus, and behold

Their streaming dance about their father old,

Beneath the blue Egean; where he sate,