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— * The deluge or devastating storm. — s The desert of Ariana, where the army of Cyrus perished. — 4 Ammon, ac- cording to Sir Isaac Newton, was the first artificer who built large ships, and passed the Straits. 248 BOWLES' POEMS. Be the deep opened ! At his voice the deep 8i Is opened ; and the shading ships that ride With statelier masts and ampler hulls the seas, Have passed the Straits, and left the rocks and gates Op death. 1 Where Asia's cape the autumnal surge Throws blackening back, ben...eath >a hollow cove, Awhile the mariners their fearful course Ponder, ere yet they tempt the further deep ; Then plunged into the sullen main, they cast The youthful victim, to the dismal gods 90 Devoted, whilst the smoke of sacrifice Slowly ascends : Hear, King of Ocean ! hear, Dark phantom ! whether in thy secret cave Thou sittest, where the deeps are fathomless* Nor hear'st the waters hum, though all above Is uproar loud ; or on the widest waste, Far from all land, mov'st in the noontide sun, With dread and lonely shadow ; or on high Dost ride upon the whirling spires, and fume 100 Of that enormous volume, that ascends Black to the skies, and with the thunder's roar Bursts, while the waves far on are still : Oh, hear, Dread power, and save !
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