Falconer's "Shipwreck" is a clever nautical tract, written in verse,or if it be anything more, it is but the solitary exception which proves and enforces the rule.

The wreckers of this coast boldly assert that a shipwreck is a blessing (berkah), sent to them by Providence.

50 Bold were the men which on the ocean first Spread their new sails, when shipwreck was the worst; More danger now from man alone we find Than from the rocks, the billows, or the wind.