The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys Late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Court of Madrid |
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Now helmless ships in devious routes are driv'n,
The cordage torn, the masts to atoms riv'n:
Now where they glow with curling waves of fire,
In one explosion total crews expire.
Here barks relinquis'd, burnt to ocean's brink,
Half veil'd in crimson clouds, begin to sink.
With men submerg'd, there frailer fragments float;
Here yawning gulfs absord th' o'erloaded boat:
There red-hot balls, that graze the waters, hiss,
And plunge the gallies down the dread abyss.
Here shatter'd limbs, there garments dipt in blood,
With mingling crimson stain the foughten flood;
While Afric's pirates, shrinking from the day,
By terror urg'd, drag wounded hulks away.
The cordage torn, the masts to atoms riv'n:
Now where they glow with curling waves of fire,
In one explosion total crews expire.
Here barks relinquis'd, burnt to ocean's brink,
Half veil'd in crimson clouds, begin to sink.
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Here yawning gulfs absord th' o'erloaded boat:
There red-hot balls, that graze the waters, hiss,
And plunge the gallies down the dread abyss.
Here shatter'd limbs, there garments dipt in blood,
With mingling crimson stain the foughten flood;
While Afric's pirates, shrinking from the day,
By terror urg'd, drag wounded hulks away.
| The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys | |