Vuokho, of whose rushing wings the noise
Is Tempest, when the unutterable Shape95
Speeds from the Mother of Death[1] his destin'd way
To snatch the murderer from his secret cell!
Or if the Greenland Wizard in strange trance
Pierces the untravell'd realms of ocean's bed
(Where live the innocent, as far from cares100
As from the storms and overwhelming waves
Dark-tumbling on the surface of the deep)
Over the abysm even to that uttermost cave
By mishap'd Prodigies beleager'd, such
As Earth ne'er bred, nor Air, nor the upper Sea.105
There dwells the fury Form, whose unheard name
With eager eye, pale cheek, suspended breath
Unsleeping Silence guards, worn out with fear
- ↑ Line 96 Jaibme Aibmo.
Lin 112 They call the Good Spirit, Torngarsuck the other great but malignant spirit is a nameless female; she dwells under the sea in a great house where she can detain in captivity all the animals of the ocean by her magic power. When a dearth befalls the Greenlanders, an Angekok or magician must undertake a journey thither: he passes thro' the kingdom of souls, over an horrible abyss into the palace of this phantom, and by his enchantments causes the captive creatures to asceed directly to the surface of the ocean.
