Корабль, свой расстреляв боезапас,
От пламени спасаясь стал тонуть,
От выстрелов желая ускользнуть
Матросы за борт прыгали тотчас.
Конец! и всё равно какой исход –
Огонь иль море душу заберёт.
Оригинал:
JOHN DONNE
A BURNT SHIP
Out of a fired ship, which by no way
But drowning could be rescued from the flame,
Some men leap'd forth, and ever as they came
Near the foes' ships, did by their shot decay;
So all were lost, which in the ship were found,
They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drown'd.