The Storm of the Seas

The sails are drenched with rain, the salt waves are mingled with the waters of the skies. Quick lightning makes the black skies glitter and the waves are fired with flames of thunderbolts. Now floods leap up into the very middle of the ship just as a soldier more courageous than the rest of his brave fellows after he is often charged against the battled walls of a defended city gains at length the place which he has fought for all inflamed with his desire of glory. So when destructive waves have beat against the ship's high sides the tenth wave with known power rushes more furious than the nine before nor ceases to attack the falling ship until dashed high above the captured walls it surges in the