They sailed. They sailed. Then spake the mate:

"This mad sea shows his teeth to-night.

He curls his lips, he lies in wait,

With lifted teeth as if to bite!

Brave Adm'r'l, say but one good word:

What shall we do when hope is gone?"

The word leapt like a leaping sword:

"Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!"

Then, pale and worn he kept his deck

And peered through darkness. Ah, that night