Denser it grew, until the ship was lost.

The elemental hid her; she was merged

In mufflings of dark death, like a man's ghost,

New to the change of death, yet thither urged.

Then from the hidden waters something surged--

Mournful, despairing, great, greater than speech,

A noise like one slow wave on a still beach.

Mournful, and then again mournful, and still

Out of the night that mighty voice arose;

The Dauber at his foghorn felt the thrill.