• From “Don Juan,” Canto II.
    THEN rose from sea to sky the wild farewell—
    Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave,—
    Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell,
      As eager to anticipate their grave;
    And the sea yawned around her like a hell,
      And down she sucked with her the whirling wave,
    Like one who grapples with his enemy,...