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When, o’er the rocks that gird Ebuda’s fide, 
Brave the wild winds, and {urging waves deride, 
The full-orb’d moon her radiant brow difplay’d, 
And tu. blue fky in foften’d light array’d ; 
-With quivering luftre deck’d the purple iiood, 
_ And edg’d with filver gleams the dufky wood. * 
Ivar, who trac’d his birth from fires renown’d, 
A generous youth, befide the vatt profound, 
In meditation wrapt, purfues his courfe ® , 
Along the beach; while, with diminith’d force, 
Fainter and fainter, from the fhelving fhore ~ 
The murmuring waves retreat with hollow roar. 
Soon on th’ horizon’s utmoft verge deicry’d, 
A ficet, dim-gliding on the diftant tde, 
Appears: at times the {now-white fails in light 
Are cloath’d, at times they vanifh from his fight. 
While o’er the main he bends his anxious eyes, 
From high Conagra dreadful founds arife, 
Where darkly-frowning its projetted fteep 
In wide-ftretch’d fhade involves the roaring deep 5 
That king of mountains, whofe proud height to gain 
The feeble race of man would tojl in vain. 
On his aftonifh’d ear with hideous yell 
Thus burft the ftrain that aw’d the powers of hell : 
« Shali hated light ftill clothe thefe azure fkies, 
Demons of dire revenge ?—awake, arife! 
Forego your dreary cells where horror reigns 5 
In gloom congenial wrap yon fpangled plains! 
The vault of heaven with winds conflicting rend, 
And with the clouds the farging billows blend !— 
Say, muft we vainly thus your aid invoke ? 
For this does blood upon your altars fmoke? 
Do we for this the fouls of mortals fire 
With rage unpitying, and vindittive ire ? 
The race abhorr’d with caufelefs ills annoy, 
And aid your hate? awake, arife, deftroy !” 
As upward now he turn’d his wond’ring eyes, 
Of fearful mein, and, more than mortal ‘ize, 
Three female forms appear’d ;_ in myitic rite 
Engag’d, they traced the mountain’s dizzy height 
In circling courfe ; whilft wide behind them flew 
Their fable locks, and robes of ruffet hue, 
As with demeanor wild, and outftretch’d arms, 
‘They rouz’d th’ infernal powers :—their direful charms 
At length prevail. ‘Th’ increafing fhades of night 
Clofe dark around, and veil them from his fight. 
Now, by the potency of magic found, 
Th’ afpiring mountain to its bate profound 
L 3 Convulfive 
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