Equinoctial Gales
Now is the autumnal equinox: the sun
Has entered Libra, making day and night
Of equal length, o'er almost all the world:
Bringing anew those sad attendant gales
Which storm the Mariner, and pitch him high
Upon the billow's ridge: or, worse, perhaps
The waves pass o'er him—or he sinks below,
In the dark caverns of the deep abyss,
Where monsters of the element swim round
To snatch him as he falls!—How many now
With danger are surrounded? none can number!
How many teazed with care! How many feel
The gnawing worm of sickness, worse than death!
How many 'neath the surge of mountain waves,
Drenched, shivering, standing with a dying hope
Waiting the Ocean's calm! 'Twas such a storm
When our beloved Saviour was at sea
With his disciples, when he said, “Be still!”
And all the towering liquid mountains fell,
Into the bosom of the mighty deep,
At once into repose, leaving this lesson,—
That when assailed by such on sea or land,
For there be waves of trouble on them both,
To call upon his aid, and find deliverance,
Hoping in his mercy.
Has entered Libra, making day and night
Of equal length, o'er almost all the world:
Bringing anew those sad attendant gales
Which storm the Mariner, and pitch him high
Upon the billow's ridge: or, worse, perhaps
The waves pass o'er him—or he sinks below,
In the dark caverns of the deep abyss,
Where monsters of the element swim round
To snatch him as he falls!—How many now
With danger are surrounded? none can number!
How many teazed with care! How many feel
The gnawing worm of sickness, worse than death!
How many 'neath the surge of mountain waves,
Drenched, shivering, standing with a dying hope
Waiting the Ocean's calm! 'Twas such a storm
When our beloved Saviour was at sea
With his disciples, when he said, “Be still!”
And all the towering liquid mountains fell,
Into the bosom of the mighty deep,
At once into repose, leaving this lesson,—
That when assailed by such on sea or land,
For there be waves of trouble on them both,
To call upon his aid, and find deliverance,
Hoping in his mercy.
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