• Toil on! toil on! ye ephemeral train,
    Who build in the tossing and treacherous main;
    Toil on! for the wisdom of man ye mock,
    With your sand-based structure and domes of rock,
    Your columns the fathomless fountains’ cave,
    And your arches spring up to the crested wave;
    Ye ’re a puny race thus to boldly rear
    A fabric so vast in a realm so...

  • TOIL on! toil on! ye ephemeral train,

    Who build in the tossing and treacherous main

    Toil on! for the wisdom of man ye mock,

    With your sand-based structures and domes of rock,

    Your columns the fathomless fountains' lave,

    And your arches spring up to the crested wave;

    Ye're a puny race thus to boldly...