“Now quivering o’er the topmost waves she rides
While deep beneath the enormous gulf divides:
Now launching headlong down the horrid vale,
Becalmed she hears no more the howling gale.”
—Falconer, Shipwreck.
[4:33.] Syrtes. Two shallow bays on the north coast of Africa distinguished as Major and Minor,—dangerous to navigation.
[5:8.] Side-jointings.
“The chinks suck destruction. The heavy dead hulk
On the living sea rolls an inanimate bulk.”
—Shelley, Vision of the Sea.