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Rh "We cleared the floes: through an open sea
 * The Narwhale south'ard sailed,

Till a day came round when the white fog rose.
 * And the wind astern had failed.

In front of the Greenland glacier line,
 * And close to its base were we;

Through the misty pall we could see the wall
 * That beetled above the sea.

A fear like the fog crept over our hearts
 * As we heard the hollow roar

Of the deep sea thrashing the cliffs of ice
 * For leagues along the shore.

"The years have com© and the years have gone,
 * But it never wears away—

The sense I have of the sights and sounds
 * That marked that woful day.

Flung here and there at the ocean's will,
 * As it flung the broken floe—

What strength had we 'gainst the tiger sea
 * That sports with a sailor's woe?