We bang'd; we baled; we scull'd; we scream'd;

The water gain'd upon us fast.

We looked upon the moon: she seem'd

As far as when we saw her last.

We look'd: no terror did we show;

We did not care a button, we;

We knew the good ship could not go

Beyond the bottom of the sea.

But one—at best he was a lout—

The same, we guess, was short of chink—