An off’ring too for thy sad tomb I have,

Too just a tribute to thy early hearse,

Receive these gasping numbers to thy grave,

The last of thy unhappy mother’s verse.

ANNE, MARCHIONESS OF WHARTON

1632-1685

18. On the Storm between Gravesend and Dieppe (Made at that Time)

When the tempestuous sea did foam and roar,

Tossing the bark from the long-wish’d-for shore,