(_Lightning._) Ahoy!
Elmo! Elmo! Light up! light up, man!
Argo's to the larboard! Signal her! Ahoy!
Ship ahoy, Cap! Ship ahoy! Ship full of gold!
She's whirling south! Man the boats! Lay to! lay to!
Here's a squall winks at the pirates, lads!
Mount her, hardies! Break her hatches! Gold under 'em.
(_Singing._)
_There's foam up in her pitch-black flag;_
_There's wind around her keel...._ (_Shouting._)
Watch Alvinach, though! Keep the lantern dry!
(_He stops and listens._)
I hear you whispering, scoundrels!---Hya! Lie down.
Who said so? Louis lied. Stand back, I say!
Four on an old man! Dogs! Let go my hair!
(_A loud clap of thunder._)
The shrouds break now, God bless us! here's a wind
Will blow us far off to the Pleiades
And swamp us. (_Lightning._)
That was the Bear went by. And
Virgo has sunk here jewels in the south.
Sink 'em deep, girl! Pirates abroad.--What's this?
(_Calling down._)
Got it, boys? Got the gold? See it, see it shine!
Throw your cloak over it. Don't let God see this.
Ho, Prester John! sailing among the stars?
Here's your chest, John! Here's your sparklers! Where is he?
Where is he, boys? Throw the king overboard?
Pitched him to Plato on his big fork, eh?
_Odi Persicos._ Like their gold, though. Up,
Up with it, lads. Heave, now. Chest broken open.
Leak, gold, leak, leak! Here's your spring, Crashus!
Here, Jew! here you can cool your tongue!
Traders, drink! Drink, worms! Pigs! Pastors! Devils!
Drink, drink! Everything drink!
(_Stooping down._) Here's a dead man's ring.
Finger's in the coral. Bracelets and gems.
Topaz from Tartary. Emeralds from the East.
Garnets. Eh? Garter-buckles! (_Reproachfully._)
Lads! lads!
(_A glare of lightning reveals him with his hand
close to his eyes._)
"From Carlos."
Chloe's gone bathing, Carlos. Turned cold nymph.
Let go! Let go, I say! Androphanes!
Strike him, Juba! Slash him with the broad-sword!
You hand that back here, then. Hell-dog.
Here's a widow's mite; bought a monk's prayer.
Flip it into the sea.
Judas! here you are! (_Thunder._)
Rumble on! Growl and growl! Who cares for Heaven now?
Rain or not rain. We can fight, too, old boy.
Wipe your lips, Scariot. Take the chamois bag.
There's thirty-two. Off with you.--Wallets! Old coin!
Rich man, miser, knave! Sick, eh? Quick, your gold!
Take it to the priest, then you can jump
Right through the needle's eye.
(_He gets down upon his knees._) Well, God bless
us!
Sacked the sea-king's coffers. See the pearls!
Crescents and ear-bobs. Here's a brooch fine as
Sparkles on Memnon's sister. What's this clammy thing?
Cold, bloody hand! Hand with a locket in it!
_Un_lock it. Ho! picture, eh? Say mamma, baby!
Mamma's in the sea-weed. That's a foul deed.
Throw your cloak over it. Don't let God see this.
(_Calling up._)
Who's there? (_Rising._) Who calls Andrew? Stand down on the ground.
The lid _is_ off. (_Stooping._) Parchment deeds, eh? I. X.
If Andrew's Andrew, then I. X. is eleven.
What shines? Silver. (_A pause._)
Monk's cross. (_A pause._)
Wet. (_Flash of lightning._)
Red! (_With horror._)
Lads! lads!
We'll sink for this, God bless us! Pretty muss!
Who daubed it? (_Thunder._) Hear that. Horror in the dark
Doffs his big plume at this. And up there--Here!
Wash it! wash it in the sea! In with the chest, lads!
Murder like a foam-bird dashed upon the prow
Shakes her red wings. And there--Look! (_Shouting._)
Wash it clean!
Heaven's golden scales are rising from the deep!
Off! lay her--lay her off, lads! They'll weigh us!
(_A sharp flash of lightning. Andrew is seen with
his left hand up beside his head, which is
drawn down, backing fearfully through the
door into the dormitory. The thunder rumbling
in the darkness sounds like the growl of an
enormous wild beast._)