Others endure Man's rule: he therefore deems
I shall endure it—I the unconquered Air!
Imagines this triumphant strength may bear
His paltry sway! yea, ignorantly dreams,
Because proud Rhea now his va**al seems,
And Neptune him obeys in billowy lair,
That he a more sublime a**ault may dare,
Where blown by tempest wild the vulture screams!
Presumptuous, he mounts: I toss his bones
Back from the height supernal he has braved:
Ay, as his vessel nears my perilous zones,
I blow the co*kle-shell away like chaff
And give him to the Sea he has enslaved.
He founders in its depths; and then I laugh!