She plung’d and reel’d and roll’d.
Ah, better had she tack’d!
The water flew the bulwark through.
The mainmast bent and crack’d.
The wind, it whistled there;
The boatswain whistled here.
The captain swore; the mainsail tore;
The jib had ript its gear.
A flood was on the deck.
The crew were floundering round.