On the waves of foaming ocean,
Blue-eyed Nancy heav’d a sigh;
View’d with trembling limbs their motion,
As dark they roll’d beneath a troubled sky.
Threat’ning clouds in thick succession,
Darted forth their livid store;
Thunder awful, past expression,
Resounded long and deep adown the ravag’d shore!
On the sea’s terrific border,
Nancy roam’d in deep dismay,