And long had voyaged through many a stormy sea,
And if he wept, at length, they were not fears
That made his eyelids as a woman’s be;
But he, poor fellow, had a wife and children—
Two things for dying people quite bewildering.
“The ship was evidently settling now
Fast by the head; and, all distinction gone,
Some went to prayers again and made a vow
Of candle to their saints—but there were none
To pay them with; and some looked o’er the bow,