(Adapted from the Italian of Metastasio.)
Quella onda che ruina.
I.
Yon stream that dashes down the Alpine height,
Complains its fate, and struggles in its course,
Till dashed to spray by its impetuous force,
It sparkles like a diamond-shower bright.
II.
Another stream, in hidden vale apart,
Courses its slumbrous way, and ne’er may know
The lustre bright—the full-tide diamond glow,
Its depths might yield to glad the aching heart.