In vain he spoke; and hark, what meets the ear,

The raging flood is now approaching near;

Onward it rolls, o'erwhelming Raschid's plains,

All things it sweeps, and not a tree remains,

His flocks, his herds, the mighty stream o'erpours,

Himself (rash man) a crocodile devours.


A FRAGMENT.

On a fork of lightning which sped through heaven,

He rode to space's naught,