Cassio lays stress upon 'the great contention of the sea and skies'; but when Othello meets Desdemona, he cries:
O my soul's joy!
If after every tempest come such calms,
May the winds blow till they have wakened death!
And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas
Olympus-high, and duck again as low
As hell's from heaven. If it were now to die,
'Twere now to be most happy.
Iago calls the elements to witness his truthfulness:
Witness, you ever-burning lights above,