To many a ruin'd tower and shrine.

Strong and swift, and wild and brave,

On he speeds with crested wave;

And spurning aught like check or stay,

Fights and foams along his way,

O'er crag and shoal, until his flood

Boils like manhood's hasty blood!

Older, broader, deeper grown,

All romantic follies flown,

Now the laden Beurtschiff sails