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 In few, they hurried us aboard a bark,
 Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepared
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 In few, they hurried us aboard a bark,
 Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepared
  A rotten carcass of a butt, not rigged,
   Nor tackle, sail, nor mast; the very rats
    Instinctively have quit it. 
 Every drunken skipper trusts to Providence. But one of the ways 
of Providence with drunken skippers is to run read more 
 Every drunken skipper trusts to Providence. But one of the ways 
of Providence with drunken skippers is to run them on the rocks. 
 And fast through the midnight dark and drear,
 Through the whistling sleet and snow,
  Like a sheeted read more 
 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. 
 But hark! what shriek of death comes in the gale,
 And in the distant ray what glimmering sail
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 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! 
 Some hoisted out the boats, and there was one
 That begged Pedrillo for an absolution
  Who told read more 
 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. 
 Here and there they are seen swimming in the vast flood.
 [Lat., Apparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto.]  
 Here and there they are seen swimming in the vast flood.
 [Lat., Apparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto.] 
 He wrongly accuses Neptune, who makes shipwreck a second time.
 [Lat., Inprobe Neptunum accusat, qui iterum naufragium facit.]  
 He wrongly accuses Neptune, who makes shipwreck a second time.
 [Lat., Inprobe Neptunum accusat, qui iterum naufragium facit.] 
 Through the black night and driving rain
 A ship is struggling, all in vain,
  To live upon read more 
 Through the black night and driving rain
 A ship is struggling, all in vain,
  To live upon the stormy main;--
   Miserere Domine! 
 Each man makes his own shipwreck.
 [Lat., Naufragium sibi quisque facit.]  
 Each man makes his own shipwreck.
 [Lat., Naufragium sibi quisque facit.]