Don Juan 02-028
Canto the Second

XXVIII

One gang of people instantly was put
     Upon the pumps and the remainder set
To get up part of the cargo, and what not;
     But they could not come at the leak as yet;
At last they did get at it really, but
     Still their salvation was an even bet:
The water rush'd through in a way quite puzzling,
While they thrust sheets, shirts, jackets, bales of muslin,

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1824) ByronLong