Sank in the peaceful twilight gray;
The good ship passed from eager sight,
And twilight faded into night.
The storm-king seized his ebon car,
Spreading the sky with fitful clouds,
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And blotted out each sparkling star;
The chill winds moaned in the shrouds; -
Brave sailors watched, with looks of dread,
The heavy, threatening sky o'erhead.
The ship plunged on; no heaven-sent guide
Lit up the deep; - but still they hold
Their unknown course on ocean wide;
The nights keep growing bitter cold;
Soon ice has stiffened yard and rope,
And frozen every thought of hope.
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