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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