20 THE CALL OF THE SEA 



reel, having lost its pilot ; and he himself steered 

 her through the darkened waves, deeply affected 

 and wounded in his soul for the misfortune of his 

 friend. Ah, Palinurus, who hast too much con- 

 fided in the fair aspect of the skies and sea ! 



naked wilt thou lie on unknown sands ! 



Virgil. 



A Stormy Voyage ^^^ 'O^ ^c>- 



(Froin the Tristia ; trans.) 



A H, wretched me ! What mountains of water 

 ■^ are heaped aloft ! You would think that this 

 very instant they would reach the highest stars. 

 What abysses yawn as the sea recedes ! You 

 would suppose that this very instant they would 

 extend to black Tartarus. On whichever side you 

 look, there is nothing but sea and sky ; the one 

 swelling with billows, the other lowering with 

 clouds. Between the two the winds rage in fear- 



ul hurricane. The waves of the ocean know not 

 which master to obey. For at one moment Eurus 

 gathers strength from the glowing east, at another 

 instant comes Zephyrus, sent from the evening 

 west. At one time the icy Boreas comes ranging 

 from the dry north ; at another, the south wind 

 wages battle with adverse front. The steersman 

 is at fault : and he knows not what to avoid, or 



