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Obscurest night involv'd the sky	A
Th' Atlantic billows roar'd	B
When such a destin'd wretch as I	A
Wash'd headlong from on board	B
Of friends of hope of all bereft	C
His floating home for ever left	C
	-
No braver chief could Albion boast	D
Than he with whom he went	E
Nor ever ship left Albion's coast	D
With warmer wishes sent	E
He lov'd them both but both in vain	F
Nor him beheld nor her again	G
	-
Not long beneath the whelming brine	H
Expert to swim he lay	I
Nor soon he felt his strength decline	H
Or courage die away	I
But wag'd with death a lasting strife	J
Supported by despair of life	J
	-
He shouted nor his friends had fail'd	K
To check the vessel's course	L
But so the furious blast prevail'd	K
That pitiless perforce	L
They left their outcast mate behind	M
And scudded still before the wind	M
	-
Some succour yet they could afford	B
And such as storms allow	N
The cask the coop the floated cord	B
Delay'd not to bestow	O
But he they knew nor ship nor shore	P
Whate'er they gave should visit more	P
	-
Nor cruel as it seem'd could he	Q
Their haste himself condemn	R
Aware that flight in such a sea	Q
Alone could rescue them	R
Yet bitter felt it still to die	A
Deserted and his friends so nigh	A
	-
He long survives who lives an hour	S
In ocean self upheld	T
And so long he with unspent pow'r	U
His destiny repell'd	T
And ever as the minutes flew	V
Entreated help or cried Adieu	V
	-
At length his transient respite past	W
His comrades who before	P
Had heard his voice in ev'ry blast	W
Could catch the sound no more	P
For then by toil subdued he drank	X
The stifling wave and then he sank	X
	-
No poet wept him but the page	Y
Of narrative sincere	Z
That tells his name his worth his age	Y
Is wet with Anson's tear	A2
And tears by bards or heroes shed	B2
Alike immortalize the dead	B2
	-
I therefore purpose not or dream	C2
Descanting on his fate	D2
To give the melancholy theme	C2
A more enduring date	D2
But misery still delights to trace	E2
Its semblance in another's case	E2
	-
No voice divine the storm allay'd	F2
No light propitious shone	G2
When snatch'd from all effectual aid	F2
We perish'd each alone	G2
But I beneath a rougher sea	Q
And whelm'd in deeper gulfs than he	Q

William Cowper

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