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I saw him beat the surges under him, And ride upon their backs; he trod the water, Whose enmity he flung aside, and breasted The surge most swoln that met him; his bold head 'Bove the contentious waves he kept, and oar'd Himself with his good arms in lusty stroke To the shore, that o'er his wave-worn basis bow'd, As stooping to relieve him; I not doubt, He came alive to land.— T. ii. 1.

Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in, And bade him follow: so, indeed, he did. The torrent roared; and we did buffet it With lusty sinews; throwing it aside And stemming it with hearts of controversy.— J.C. i. 2.