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- to have others' thoughts follow you still on your path!-
- There's never a soul gives a thought to me.-
- Lights in the sconces! I'll put out those lights.
- I will hit upon something!-I'll make them all drunk;-
- not one of the devils shall go sober ashore.
- They shall all come home drunk to their children and wives!
- They shall curse; bang the table till it rings again,-
- they shall scare those that wait for them out of their wits!
- The goodwife shall scream and rush forth from the house,-
- clutch her children along! All their joy gone to ruin!
- [The ship gives a heavy lurch; he staggers and keeps his balance with difficulty.]
- Why, that was a buffet and no mistake.
- The sea's hard at labour, as though it were paid for it;-
- it's still itself here on the coasts of the north;-
- a cross-sea, as wry and wrong-headed as ever-
- [Listens.]
- Why, what can those screams be?
THE LOOK-OUT [forward].
- A wreck a-lee!
THE CAPTAIN [on the main deck, shouts].
- Helm hard a-starboard! Bring her up to the wind!
THE MATE
