44 THE WHALEMAN'S ADVENTURES. 



something to do in his mind with the creation 

 of that image of Satan on the burning lake. 



" "With head uplift above the wave, and eyes 



That sparkling blazed ; his other parts beside, 



Prone on the flood, extended long and large, 



Lay floating many a rood ; in bulk as huge 



As whom the fables name of monstrous size, 



Titanian, or earth-born, that warred on Jove : 



Forthwith upright he rears from off the pool 



His mighty stature : on each hand the flames, 



Driven backward, slope their pointing spires, and rolled 



In billows, leave in the midst a horrid vale. 



Then, with expanded wings, he takes his flight 



Aloft incumbent on the dusky air, 



That felt unusual weight." 



