He felt that he would fall; he clutched, he bent,

Clammy with natural terror to the shoes

While idiotic promptings came and went.

Snow fluttered on a wind-flaw and was spent;

He saw the water darken. Someone yelled,

"Frap it; don't stay to furl! Hold on!" He held.

Darkness came down--half darkness--in a whirl;

The sky went out, the waters disappeared.

He felt a shocking pressure of blowing hurl

The ship upon her side. The darkness speared