View on the Summit of a foaming Wave,
The unhappy Sailor try's himself to save;
The floating Wreck, the Vessel's shatter'd Side,
Dash'd on the Shore, by the resistless Tide:
The foaming Surge the Shore repells again;
And beats alternate, back upon the Main:
View the abandon'd, helpless Wretch's State;
Sinking, bemoans his LAST unhappy Fate.
All these the Architect must study well;
From the proud Palace to the humble Cell.