Then one vast fire air, earth, and stream embraced,
Which rock'd as 't were beneath the mighty noises;
While the whole rampart blazed like Etna, when
The restless Titan hiccups in his den.
And one enormous shout of 'Allah!' rose
In the same moment, loud as even the roar
Of war's most mortal engines, to their foes
Hurling defiance city, stream, and shore
Resounded 'Allah!' and the clouds which close
With thick'ning canopy the conflic o'er,
Vibrate to the Eternal name. Hark! through