Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer – Rhyme XXXIX
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres,Jupiter and Thetis, 1811 You were the storm and I the lofty tower that dared defy your power; you had to dash yourself against my wall or hurl me to my fall, — it could not be ! You were the ocean, I the firm, grim rock that e’er withstood your shock …