She finds to relinquish the Sight is in vain,

And this moment she gazes; but, what to behold,

It pierces her Soul, it unsettles her Brain—

The Boat is o’erset!—and her Story is told.

She saw both the Husband and Child in the boat;

She saw the effect of the Blast as it blew;

And she sees in her Sorrow their Bodies [afloat],

And she draws in her Madness the Boat and its Crew.

’Tis a Grief to behold her so calmly pursue

Her Tale that she tells, and is eager to tell; 50