But hark! what shriek of death comes in the gale,
And in the distant ray what glimmering sail
Bends to the storm?-Now sinks the note of fear!
Ah? wretched mariners!-no more shall day
Unclose his cheering eye to light ye on your way! (Ann Radcliffe)

But hark! what shriek of death comes in the gale, And in the distant ray what glimmering sail Bends to the storm?-Now sinks the note of fear! Ah? wretched mariners!-no more shall day Unclose his cheering eye to light ye on your way!

Ann Radcliffe

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