Excerpt from The Fredoniad: Or Independence Preserved, Vol. 3 of 4: An Epick Poem on the Late War of 1812Boiling the waves, he seeks the depths again, But finds no rest. He thunders to the shore, Reddening his progress with a stream of gore He ploughs the gravelly bottom with his head, And forms new channels for the ocean's bed Tearing foundations of the sea away.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.