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"When descends on the Atlantic / The gigantic / Storm wind of the equinox, / . in his wroth he scourges / The toiling surges, / Laden with sea-weed from the rucks. / And from wrecks of ships, and drifting / Spars uplifting, / On the desolate, rainy seas -- / Ever drifting, drifting, drifting / On the shifting / Currents of the restless main. " / -- LONGFELLOW.
"I tell you what it is, Petersen, you're a muff and a coward, and I guess that is pretty plain English. What say you, maties?"