And I rushed to my throne with a thunder-blast,
And I laughed in my iron strength.
Oh, then ye saw a wondrous change
On the earth and the ocean wide,
Where now my fiery armies range,
Nor wait for wind and tide.
Hurrah! hurrah! the waters o'er;
The mountain's steep decline;
Time—space—have yielded to my power;
The world—the world is mine!