And from our totterd sailes, ragges drop downe so, As from one hang'd in chaines, a yeare agoe. Even our Ordinance plac'd for our defence, Strive to breake loose, and scape away from thence. 60 Pumping hath tir'd our men, and what's the gaine? Seas into seas throwne, we suck in againe; Hearing hath deaf'd our saylers; and if they Knew how to heare, there's none knowes what to say. Compar'd to these stormes, death is but a qualme, 65 Hell somewhat lightsome, and the'Bermuda calme. Darknesse, lights elder brother, his birth-right Claims o'r this world, and to heaven hath chas'd light. All things are one, and that one none can be, Since all formes, uniforme deformity 70 Doth cover, so that wee, except God say Another _Fiat_, shall have no more day. So violent, yet long these furies bee, That though thine absence sterve me,'I wish not thee. [The Storme. To Mr. Christopher Brooke. _1633_ (_1635-69 add_ from the Iland voyage with the Earle of Essex): The Storme, A Storme _or_ Storme; _A25_, _B_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_, _JC_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _Q_, _S_, _TCD_, _W_: _some add_ To Mr. C: B: _or a longer note to the same effect as 1635-69:_ to S^r Basil Brooke _JC_, _S_] [2 these _1633 and most MSS._: this _1635-69_, _O'F_, _S_] [4 an _1633:_ a _1635-69_] [7 such: _Ed:_ such. _1633-69_] [11 soothsay, _1650-54:_ _spelt_ Southsay _1633-39:_ gainsay _1669_] [12 and way. _1633_, _1669:_ one way. _1635-54_] [18 lye] laie _Q_] [19 fresh _W:_ fresh, _1633-69_] [20 As _W:_ As, _1633-69_] [23 'twas _1650-69:_ 'twas, _1633-39_] [30 fear'd] fear'd, _1633_] [37 not; _Ed:_ not. _1633-69_] [38 I, and the Sunne, _1633-69 and most MSS.:_ yea, and the Sunne, _Q_] [39 Day, Night, _D_, _W:_ day, night, _1633-69_ could onely say _1633-69:_ could but say _Cy_, _HN_, _JC_, _L74_, _Q_, _N_, _S_, _TCD_, _W:_ could then but say _O'F:_ could say _H49_, _Lec:_ should say _D_] [40 lasted, now _1633_, _1669:_ lasted, yet _1635-54:_ Lasted yet, _O'F_] [42 his] this _1669_] [44 before.] before; _1633_] [46 dye; _Ed:_ dye. _1633-69_] [47 graves _1669_, _A25_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_, _TCD_, _W:_ grave _1633-54_, _Cy_] [49 tremblingly _1633_, _A25_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _TCD_, _W:_ trembling _1635-69_, _Cy_, _JC_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_] [50 Like _1633_, _D_, _H49_, _HN_, _JC_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _TCD_, _W:_ As _1635-69_] [53 Then] There _1669_] [54 this] an _1635-69_] [56 too-high-stretched _1633_, _A25_, _Cy_, _D_, _H49_, _JC_, _L74_, _Lec_, _N_, _P_, _S_, _TCD_, _W_ (_MS. spelling generally_ to _and_ stretcht): too-too-high-stretch'd _1635-54:_ to too-high-stretch'd _1669_, _B_, _O'F_]