Leaping and howling,

Stung to madness by the tempest’s might.

I have seen them splintering their heads in a furious race,

Plunging through the bellowing gloom

With a boom ... boom ... boom—

And from each torn face

I have watched their white blood

Sweeping in a foam across the night.

I have heard the water beasts snarling at the wild beating blows

Of the strong handed winds that tore them into rows