chasmous

Then was heard the mountain torrent

Swelling with a mighty current

Craggy rocks and boulders o'er

Like the sullen thunders' roar

In the chasmous dell beneath,

Hearing which the Elephant

Down that perilous descent

Madly plunging met his death.

Where once, off Cape Musandam, Indian sailors would pause for the sake of a propitious voyage to cast flowers, coconuts and fruit, or launch a model boat, upon the waters, chasmous oil tankers and cargo ships now process blithely and ...