...might be our own dismal fate:— " The rivers, lakes, and ocean, all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay...sea, And their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropped, They slept on the abyss without a surge. The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave...

...of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths: Ships sailorless lay rotting...had expired before; The winds were wither'd in the stag-riant air, And the clouds perish'd; Darkness had no need Of aid from them — She was the universe.'...

...of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay...their mistress had expired before ; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd ; Darkness had no need Of aid from them — She...

...of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay...their mistress had expired before ; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd ; Darkness had no need Of aid from them— ,She...

...death—a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred witliiu their silent depths; Ships sailorless lay rotting...dropp'd They slept on the abyss without a surge— The waives were dead; the tides were in their grave, The moon their mistress had expired before ; The winds...

...The populous and the powerful was a lump, Scasonltss, herbless, treeless, manless, lifclfts.' — ' The waves were dead ; the tides were in their grave,...their mistress had expired before ; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perished ; darkness had no need Of aid from them — She...

...of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths; Ships sailorless lay rotting...their mistress had expired before ; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd; Darkness had no need Of aid from them— She...

...of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths; Ships sailorless lay rotting...And their masts fell down piecemeal; as they dropp'd The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave, The moon their mistress had expired before ; The...

...still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay rotting on the sea, &nd their masts fell down piecemeal ; as they dropp'd...their mistress had expired before ; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perish'd ; Darkness had no need Of aid from them — She...

...of death — a chaos of hard clay. The rivers, lakes, and ocean all stood still, And nothing stirred within their silent depths ; Ships sailorless lay...surge — The waves were dead ; the tides were in then- grave, The moon their mistress had expired before ; The winds were withered in the stagnant air,...