' g 'A Fcafl f(jr WormJ; The Anchor's weigh'd: the Keel begins t~ obey Her gentle Rudder, leav·es !1er quiet ~ey, · Divides the :ll:reams, a.nd Wlthout W1nd~~Oar; .She eafily ,glides along the meving fhore ; Her· fwelling Canvas gives h~r nimbler motion; Sh'out-:ftrips the Tide, and hies her to tl1e Ocean! .Forth to the Deep fhe launches, and out-braves The prouder Billows, rides upon the Waves: She plyes that courfe her Compaf$ hath enjoyn'd her; And foon hatb left the lefs'ned Land bel~ind her ; By this, the breath of Heaven began to ceafe; Calm were the Seas ; the Waves were all at peace; The flagging ~ain..fayUlapt againft her Yard, The ufdefs Compafs, and the idle Card Were both ~egleCl:ed : llpon every fide The gamefome PorEoifc tmnblcd on the Tide Like as a Mafi:i£4 when rcfi:rain'd·a while, h made more furious, and more apt for fpoil: Or when the breathof Man being barr'd the courfe, At length breaks forth with a far greater force; Evc.n fo the milder brt:ath 0f Heaven, at lafi:, Lets fly more fierce, and blows a frronger blaft: - All on afu~dcn dax:lmed was the Sky With gloomy clouds; Heavcn~s mor~ refulgent eye Was all obfcued : The air grew damp artd~oJd, 1\nd flrong-mouth'd Bore"s could no longer hold: vfol~M lets lo(ilfc his·uncomrouled breath, Whofe language threatens'nothing under death : The Rudder f~ils; the Sh.ip?s at random driven; The eye noobJeCt owns, but Sea and Heaven : The Welkin frorms, ar~d rages more and more; The rain powrs. down ; the heavens begin to r0ar, As they would fplic the maffie Globe in funder, Prou.-1 thofechat live a.bpve, ~o thofe live under ; The Pilot'5 friglJtea, knows not what eo do.: H1$A'tesa.maz.'d, ~n fuch a maze of woe'; ' .. Faces
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