...coral strand, Before the raging blast, Had vail'd her topsails to the sand, And bow'd her noble mast. The queenly ship ! — brave hearts had striven, And...gone, her deck uptorn, And sadder things than these. We saw her treasures cast away — The rocks with pearls were sown, And strangely sad, the ruby's ray...

...with lierl We saw her mighty cable riven, Like floating gossamer ! 1 From the ' Literary Souvenir.' We saw her proud flag struck that morn, A star once o'er the seas ; Her helm beat down, her deck uptorn, — And sadder things than these '. We saw hef treasures cast away...