Then, like a meteor, fierce he shot along;
(Refulgence brake, for mortal eyes too strong)
Amidst the clouds emerg'd his radiant head,
Wafting the tributes which all nature pays;
Day seem'd as twilight while the spirit fled,
The amber clouds receiv'd his parting rays.
Then round the shore th' Enthusiast throws her eyes;
(Still foam'd the main, and troubled were the skies)
Dazzled, thro' clouds the watery sun-beams views,
While parting vapours wild and various stray;
Faintly her lucid bow fair IRIS shews;
ARLA conceiv'd it a remaining ray,
And wildly stretch'd her arms t'implore its stay.