text:  Hark as hoarse murmurs of a gathering sea-- As brooks that howling through black gorges go Groans sullen hollow and eternally One wailing Woe! Sharp Anguish shrinks the shadows there; And blasphemous Despair Yells its wild curse from jaws that never close; And ghastly eyes for ever Stare on the bridge of the relentless River Or watch the mournful wave as year on year it flows And ask each other with parch'd lips that writhe Into a whisper "When the end shall be!" The _end_?--Lo broken in Time's hand the scythe And round and round revolves Eternity! * * * * * ELYSIUM