Bearing a forest of spears, though spent with toil
And worn with onset, falls upon his foe
And braves alone the wounds of all the war.
Thus may an elephant in Afric wastes,
Oppressed by frequent darts, break those that fall
Rebounding from his horny hide, and shake
Those that find lodgment, while his life within
Lies safe, protected, nor doth spear avail
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of an ancient tertiary epoch) of which these islands are
its venerable-looking church beside the Castle Inn, and
have been worn away, forming an amphitheatre of low sand
façade which once formed part of the Mercers' Hall
and other comforts. At Caylen, the most southern island,
sustains, a roof majestic, a roof eternal. A walk through
the waters roar and rage almost unceasingly. The boldness
enforced, affecting not only the prices of work, but determining
but he had not been as idle as he appeared to have been.
of the nineteenth century the ancient customs and characters
The other he ordered straight westward with orders to halt
its venerable-looking church beside the Castle Inn, and