In the free element beneath me swam, <br> Floundered and dived, in play, in chace, in battle, <br> Fishes of every colour, form, and kind; <br> Which language cannot paint, and mariner Had never seen; from dread Leviathan <br> To insect millions peopling every wave: <br> Gather’d in shoals immense, like floating islands, <br> Led by mysterious instincts through that waste <br> And trackless region, though on every side Assaulted by voracious enemies, <br> Whales, sharks, and monsters, arm’d in front or jaw, <br> With swords, saws, spiral horns, or hooked fangs.(English)