II. 3.

How startled Phrenzy stares,

Bristling her ragged hairs!

Revenge the gory fragment gnaws;

See, with her griping vulture claws

Imprinted deep, she rends the mangled wound!

Hate whirls her torch sulphureous round.

The shrieks of agony, and clang of arms,

Re-echo to the hoarse alarms,

Her trump terrific blows.

Disparting from behind, the clouds disclose,

Of kingly gesture, a gigantic form,

That with his scourge sublime rules the careering storm.

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