320 330 attracted by the ^ peculiar commotion in the
water resulting from the ^ slant plump heavy
sloped dive of the pale heavy ^ shotted hammock into
the sea flew screaming to the spot. So near
the hull did they come, that the
stridor or bony creak of their gaunt
92 double-jointed pinions was audible.
As the ship under light airs sa
passed in on , leaving the burial-spot
astern, they still kept circling it
low down with the moving shadow
of their outstretched wings and
the croaked requiem of their cries.
Upon sailors as superstitious
as those of the age preceeding ours,
men-of-war's men ^ too who had just
320 330 attracted by the ^ peculiar commotion in the
water resulting from the ^ slant plump heavy
sloped dive of the pale heavy ^ shotted hammock into
the sea flew screaming to the spot. So near
the hull did they come, that the
stridor or bony creak of their gaunt
92 double-jointed pinions was audible.
As the ship under light airs sa
passed in on , leaving the burial-spot
astern, they still kept circling it
low down with the moving shadow
of their outstretched wings and
the croaked requiem of their cries.
Upon sailors as superstitious
as those of the age preceeding ours,
men-of-war's men ^ too who had just

Transcribed by: Wyn Kelley