" A RISE , great black Vulture,
Devourer of other birds,
Flap thy prodigious wings
In the scorching face of the sun,
And darken his dazzling eyeball.

" Thou art the mighty Elephant,
Whose stupendous trunk
Breaketh off spreading branches
In the high forests of Heaven,
Making the nesting stars
Tremble and fall, like blossoms from a tree.

" Thy voice is the crash of thunder
Shaking the deep-rooted mountains
Like dry reeds in a raving wind.
Thy breath is the curled snake of the lightning
That destroys man and beast
And sets the parched grass aflame.

" Thou art King of all Kings,
Sharper than the stabbing spear,
Harder than the hardest stone —
Nothing can hurt thee
The fire-carriers cannot fight thee:
All that come against thee
Shall perish!"