The storm it rose a furious gale,

Which caused the landsmen's hearts to fail,

With deathly sick, as then the heaving ship

Rode high on billows, then her prow would dip.

On the wave-washed deck with deep dismay,

The dizzy soldier feels the deck give way,

And tries in vain a last resource,

To catch a rope to stay him in his course.

Rushing with nausea to the side,