XV.

The two first waves were past and gone, And sinking in her wake;

The hugest still came leaping on,

And hissing like a snake,

Now helm a-lee! for through the midst,

The monster he must take!

XVI.

Ah, me! it was a dreary mount!
Its base as black as night,

Its top of pale and livid green,

Its crest of awful white,

Like Neptune with a leprosy,-

And so it rear'd upright!

XVII.

With quaking sails the little boat
Climb'd up the foaming heap;

With quaking sails it paused awhile,
At balance on the steep;

Then rushing down the nether slope,
Plunged with a dizzy sweep!

XVIII.

Look, how a horse, made mad with fear, Disdains his careful guide;

So now the headlong headstrong boat, Unmanaged, turns aside,

And straight presents her reeling flank Against the swelling tide!

XIX.

The gusty wind assaults the sail;

Her ballast lies a-lee!

The sheets to windward, taut and stiff!

Oh! the Lively-where is she?

Her capsized keel is in the foam,

Her pennon's in the sea!

XX.

The wild gull, sailing overhead,
Three times beheld emerge

The head of that bold mariner,
And then she scream'd his dirge!
For he had sunk within his grave,
Lapp'd in a shroud of surge!

XXI.

The ensuing wave, with horrid foam,
Rush'd o'er and cover'd all,-

The jolly boatman's drowning scream
Was smother'd by the squall,
Heaven never heard his cry, nor did
The ocean heed his caul.

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"A man's a man for a' that."

FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY.

A PATHETIC BALLAD.

EN BATTLE was a soldier bold,

BAnd used to war's alarms :

But a cannon-ball took off his legs,
So he laid down his arms!

Now as they bore him off the field,
Said he, "Let others shoot,

For here I leave my second leg,

And the Forty-second Foot!"

The army-surgeons made him limbs:
Said he,-"They're only pegs:
But there's as wooden members quite,
As represent my legs!"

Now Ben he loved a pretty maid,
Her name was Nelly Gray;
So he went to pay her his devours,
When he'd devour'd his pay!

But when he call'd on Nelly Gray,
She made him quite a scoff;
And when she saw his wooden legs,
Began to take them off!

"O, Nelly Gray! O, Nelly Gray!
Is this your love so warm?
The love that loves a scarlet coat,
Should be more uniform!"