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I: If for a time the air be calm, / Serene and smooth the sea appears, / And shows no danger to alarm / Th'inexperienced landsman's fears;
II: But if the tempest once arise, / The faithless water swells and raves; / Its billows foaming to the skies, / Disclose a thousand threat'ning graves.