With conch-shells blowing and fish-horns’ twang,

Over and over the Mænads sang:

“Here’s Flud Oirson, fur his horrd horrt,

Torr’d an’ futherr’d an’ corr’d in a corrt

By the women o’ Morble’ead!”

Small pity for him!—He sailed away

From a leaking ship in Chaleur Bay,—

Sailed away from a sinking wreck,

With his own town’s-people on her deck!

“Lay by! lay by!” they called to him.