But downwards they speed with the merciless tide.
No voice cheers the Rapid, that angrily, angrily
Shivers their bark in its maddening play;
Gayly they entered it—heedlessly, recklessly,
Mingling their lives with its treacherous spray!
—Charles Sangster.
LONG LIFE
He liveth long who liveth well;
All else is life but flung away;