As monarch of the sea, he is supposed to have had possession of the deep, and all the treasures which the stormy winds sent to his domain.
"What hid'st thou in thy treasure-caves and cells?
Thou hollow-sounding, and mysterious main!
Pale glistening pearls, and rainbow-coloured shells,
Bright things which gleam unrecked of, and in vain;
Keep, keep thy riches, melancholy sea.
We ask not such from thee!
"Yet more, the depths have more! what wealth untold,
Far down, and shining thro' their stillness lies;
Thou hast the starry gems, the burning gold,