<p>Which language cannot paint, and mariner</p>
<p>Had never seen; from dread Leviathan</p>
<p>To insect millions peopling every wave:</p>
<p>Gather’d in shoals immense, like floating islands,</p>
<p>Led by mysterious instincts through that waste</p>
<p>And trackless region, though on every side</p>
<p>Assaulted by voracious enemies,</p>
<p>Whales, sharks, and monsters, arm’d in front or jaw,</p>
<p>With swords, saws, spiral horns, or hooked fangs."</p>
<p class="source-rw"> —MONTGOMERY’S WORLD BEFO