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COWLEY'S POEMS.
When on both sides they saw the roaring main
Broke loose from his invisible chain!
They saw the monstrous death and watery war
Come rolling down loud ruin from afar!
In vain some backward and some forwards fly
With helpless haste; in vain they cry
To their cœlestial Beasts for aid;
In vain their guilty king they' upbraid;
In vain on Moses he, and Moses' God, does call,
With a repentance true too late;
They're compass'd round with a devouring fate,
That draws, like a strong net, the mighty sea upon them all.
Broke loose from his invisible chain!
They saw the monstrous death and watery war
Come rolling down loud ruin from afar!
In vain some backward and some forwards fly
With helpless haste; in vain they cry
To their cœlestial Beasts for aid;
In vain their guilty king they' upbraid;
In vain on Moses he, and Moses' God, does call,
With a repentance true too late;
They're compass'd round with a devouring fate,
That draws, like a strong net, the mighty sea upon them all.
