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Some hoisted out the boats, and there was one That begged Pedrillo for an absolution, Who told him to be damn'd, -in his confusion.— BYRON — Don Juan. Canto II. St. 44.

Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell- Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave,- Then some leap'd overboard with fearful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave.— BYRON — Don Juan. Canto II. St. 52.

Again she plunges! hark! a second shock Bilges the splitting vessel on the rock; Down on the vale of death, with dismal cries, The fated victims shuddering cast their eyes In wild despair; while yet another stroke With strong convulsion rends the solid oak: Ah Heaven!-behold her crashing ribs divide! She loosens, parts, and spreads in ruin o'er the tide.— FALCONER — Shipwreck. Canto III. L. 642.

And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe.— LONGFELLOW — The Wreck of the Hesperus. St. 15.

But hark! what shriek of death comes in the gale, And in the distant ray what glimmering sail Bends to the storm?-Now sinks the note of fear! Ah! wretched mariners!-no more shall day Unclose his cheering eye to light ye on your way!— MRS. RADCLIFFE — Mysteries of

Udolpho. Shipwreck.