• From the German by James Clarence Mangan

    HARK! the faint bells of the sunken city
      Peal once more their wonted evening chime!
    From the deep abysses floats a ditty,
      Wild and wondrous, of the olden time.

    Temples, towers, and domes of many stories
      There lie buried in an ocean grave,—
    Undescried, save when their golden glories...