And high the fountains burst—

(What is the meaning of Cabré-wise? To men of the air it signifies—

His after-end was first).

They piped the side, and still they stood

To watch him struggle and heave,

As he fought the slope of the rounded deck (for none could pull at an Admiral's neck

Without the Admiral's leave).

They took him below, and sat him down

On the edge of the Captain's bed,—

Treatment vile for a foemen caught, they gave him a bottle of Navy Port—