And the bitter storm augments; the wild winds wageWar from all parts; and joyn with the Seas rage.[p. 31.]The sad clouds sink in showers; you would have thought,That high-swoln-seas even unto Heaven had wrought;And Heaven to Seas defended: no star shown;Blind night in darkness, tempests, and her ownDread terrours lost; yet this dire lightning turnsTo more fear’d light; the Sea with lightning Burns.The Pilot knew not what to chuse or fly,Art stood amaz’d in Ambiguity.
And the bitter storm augments; the wild winds wageWar from all parts; and joyn with the Seas rage.[p. 31.]The sad clouds sink in showers; you would have thought,That high-swoln-seas even unto Heaven had wrought;And Heaven to Seas defended: no star shown;Blind night in darkness, tempests, and her ownDread terrours lost; yet this dire lightning turnsTo more fear’d light; the Sea with lightning Burns.The Pilot knew not what to chuse or fly,Art stood amaz’d in Ambiguity.
And the bitter storm augments; the wild winds wage
War from all parts; and joyn with the Seas rage.
[p. 31.]The sad clouds sink in showers; you would have thought,
That high-swoln-seas even unto Heaven had wrought;
And Heaven to Seas defended: no star shown;
Blind night in darkness, tempests, and her own
Dread terrours lost; yet this dire lightning turns
To more fear’d light; the Sea with lightning Burns.
The Pilot knew not what to chuse or fly,
Art stood amaz’d in Ambiguity.
The storm augmenting still, the next day about 4 of the clock afternoon we lost our Rudder, and with that our hopes, so necessary a part it is, that a ship without it, is like a wild horse without a bridle; yetAristotlethatEagle-ey’dPhilosopher could not give a reason, why so small a thing as a Helm should rule the ship.
[p. 32.] The Seventh day at night, the wind began to dye away, the next day we had leasure to repair our breaches; it continued calm till the 13 day, and all the while we saw many dead bodies of men and women floating by us.
The Four and twentieth, we arrived beforeBittiford, having past before underLundee-Island.