“To us our Queen, who in the central earth,

Midst fiery lavas or basaltine seas,

Deep-throned the illimitable waste enjoys,

Enormous solitude, has given these

Her subterraneous realms; bids us dwell here,

In the abyss of darkness, and exert

Immortal alchymy.

“Each devious cleft, each secret cell explore,

And from its fissures draw the ductile ore.”