“Whose, whose?” they all enquire, and none can understand. }

At length they come—and oh! how then rejoice

A wife and children at that welcome voice!

It is not theirs—but what have these to tell?

“Where did you leave the Captain—were they well?”

Alas! they know not, they had felt an awe 240

In dread of death, and knew not what they saw.

Thus they depart—The evening darker grows,

The lights shake wildly, and as wildly blows

The stormy night-wind; fear possesses all,