Allnightlongtheyheardinthehousesbesidetheshore，Heard，orseemedtohear，throughthemultitudinousroar，Outofthehelloftherapidsas’twerealostsoul’scriesHeardandcouldnotbelieve；andthemorningmockedtheireyes，ShowingwherewildestandfiercestthewatersleapedupandranRavingroundhimandpast，thevisageofamanClinging，orseemingtocling，tothetrunkofatreethat，caughtFastintherocksbelow，scarceoutofthesurgesraught。
Wasitalife，coulditbe，toyonslenderhopethatclungShrill，aboveallthetumulttheansweringterrorrang。
Underthewelteringrapidsaboatfromthebridgeisdrowned，Overtherocksthelinesofanotheraretangledandwound，Andthelong，fatefulhoursofthemorninghavewastedsoon，Asithadbeeninsomeblessedtrance，andnowitisnoon。
Hurry，nowwiththeraft！ButO，builditstrongandstanch，AndtothelinesandthetreacherousrockslookwellasyonlaunchOverthefoamytopsofthewaves，andtheirfoam-sprentsides，Overthehiddenreefs，andthroughtheembattledtides，Onwardrushestheraft，withmanyalurchandleap，——
Lord！ifitstrikehimloosefromtheholdhescarcecankeep！