Darker it grew, still darker, and the stars

Burned golden, and the fiery fishes came.

The wire-note loudened from the straining spars;

The sheet-blocks clacked together always the same;

The rushing fishes streaked the seas with flame,

Racing the one speed noble as their own:

What unknown joy was in those fish unknown!

Just by the round-house door, as it grew dark,

The Boatswain caught the Dauber with, "Now, you;

Till now I've spared you, damn you! now you hark: