In his wide voyage o'er pangæa's seas
So fair a creature as she lay enfolden
Amidst the warm shadow of her cove
He kissed her with his beams and made all golden ties bind her
She, in that dream of joy, deliquesced
And universal Pan, 'tis said, was there too
Explaining away these lovers and fools
Of the deep mountains, through the trackless air
And through those living spirits and abundant wanton lust
He passed through her everlasting lair
Where the quick heart of the great world doth sigh, moan and pant
And felt this wondrous creatures wide-eyed gasp
Her mother was one of the Atlantides they said
And he felt hers hand upon him, astride her emerald throne
And every nymph of stream and spreading tree
And every enchantress of ocean's throng
Who drives her white waves o'er the sea green
And libidinous Priapus and his company
All came to watch, much intrigued in how the enwombed rock
Could have brought forth so beautiful a birth
Her love subdued their wonder and their mirth
This lady never slept, as he lay in her trance
All night within the fountain
Its emerald scars glowed in her beauty's glance
Through the verdant splendour of the water deep
He saw her constellations reel and dance
Like fireflies, and withal did ever keep
The tenor of her contemplations chance
