Deck And Port Or Incidents of a Cruise in the United States Frigate Congress T
Deck And Port Or Incidents of a Cruise in the United States Frigate Congress T
Walter Colton
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One false balance, one parting of that life-line, and he is pre- cipitated into the rushing sea. A shriek is heard ; but who in such a night of tumult and terror can save ? A bubbling groan ascends : the billows close over their victim, and he sinks to his deep watery PASSAGE FROM RIO TO CAPE HORN. 14T bier. His poor mother will long wait and watch for the return of her orphan boy ; and his infant sister, unacquainted with death, will still speak his name in gladness. But they will see his face... no more ! He has gone to that dim bourne — • From which nor wave, nor sail, nor mariner Have e'er returned, nor one fond, farewell word Traversed the waters back. Monday, Feb. 2. As we were close-hauled, with Staten Land on our lee-bow, we carried during the night only sail enough to steady the ship. But as day began to glimmer, we shook a reef or two out of our topsails, and set our courses. The sun came up with a cold beam out of an horizon of heavy haze. Light clouds, in the southwest, began to shoot up into the zenith, and were followed by a fierce blow, accom- panied with dashes of sleet and hail.
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