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MUSICAL MISCELLANY. I/}/
SIozu.
.Now the dreadful thunder's roaring !
Peals on peals contending^claih !
On our heads fierce rain falls pouring !
In our eyes blue lightnings flafh !
One wide water all around us,
All above us one black fky !
J3ift 'rent deaths at once furround us,
Harlc ! what means that dreadful cry ?
SPvick.
The foremaft's gone, cries ev'ry tongue out.
O'er the lee, 'twelve feet 'bove deck.
A leak beneath the cheft-tree's fprung out j
Call all hands to clear the wreck.
Quick the lanyards cut to pieces !
Come, my hearts, be flout and bold !
Plumb the well, the leak increafes,
Four feet water in the hold.
S/otu.
While o'er the fhip wild waves are beating,
We for wives or children mourn ;
Alas ! from hence there's no retreating ; ]
Alas ! from hence there's.no return.
Still the leak i3 gaining on us,
Both chain-pumps are choak'd below,
Heav'n have mercy here upon us !
For only that can fave us now !