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r woful clamours die. So, from the tomb, when midnight veils the plains, With shrill, faint voice, th' untimely ghost complains.[433] The am'rous dolphins to their deepest caves In vain retreat, to fly the furious waves; High o'er the mountain-capes the ocean flows, And tears the aged forests from their brows: The pine and oak's huge, sinewy roots uptorn, And, from their beds the dusky sands upborne On the rude whirlings of the billowy sweep, Imbrown the surface of the boiling deep. High to the poop the valiant GAMA springs, And all the rage of grief his bosom wrings, Grief to behold, the while fond hope enjoy'd The meed of all his toils, that hope destroy'd. In awful horror lost, the hero stands, And rolls his eyes to heav'n, and spreads his hands, While to the clouds his vessel rides the swell, And now, her black keel strikes the gates of hell; "O Thou," he cries, "whom trembling heav'n obeys, Whose will the tempest's furious madness sways, Who, through the wild waves, ledd'st Thy chosen race, While the high billows stood like walls of brass:[434] O Thou, while ocean bursting o'er the world Roar'd o'er the hills, and from the sky down hurl'd Rush'd other headlong oceans; oh, as then The second father of the race of men[435] Safe in Thy care the dreadful billows rode, Oh! save us now, be now the Saviour-God! Safe in Thy care, what dangers have we pass'd! And shalt Thou leave us, leave us now at last To perish here--our dangers and our toils To spread Thy laws unworthy of Thy smiles; Our vows unheard? Heavy with all thy weight, Oh horror, come! and come, eternal night!" He paus'd;--then round his eyes and arms he threw In gesture wild, and thus: "Oh happy you! You, who in Afric fought for holy faith, And, pierc'd with Moorish spears, in glorious death Beheld the smiling heav'ns your toils reward, By your brave mates beheld the conquest shar'd; Oh happy you, on every shore renown'd! Your vows respected, and your wishes crown'd." He spoke; redoubled rag'd the mingled blasts; Through the torn cordage and the shatter'd masts The winds loud whistled, fiercer lightnings blaz'd, And louder roars the doubled thunders rais'd, The sky and ocean blending, each on fire, Seem'd as all Nature struggled to expire. When now
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