Driftwood 2


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page 49  Even at first sight the lyrics of Opel may seem to be about a shipwrecked man, with dead bodies and flax sails all around. The raft or the piece of driftwood that saves his life has a certain importance. 

Thus, one by one, the victims disappear, Till all save two are gone, two stragglers, near Each other clinging to a floating tree, Thrown in their way by chance or destiny. The storm has spent its fury: now again Bright skies are mirrored in the glassy main, And the two seamen, on their friendly pine, Voyage along in safety o’er the brine.
 * — Mark F. Bigney, "Wreck of the Nautilus"



This poem, from the same book by Bigney mentioned previously, is based on a real 1856 shipwreck. The only survivor, Jim Frisbee, described his driftwood: logs and flotsam. … a largo log, with roots about as high as my head … I then got on the log, and the next day picked up a panel door belonging to the wreck and laid it on the roots about three feet above water. I slept on this door occasionally, and on Monday, the 18th, we were picked up by the steamer F. M. Streck, not having had anything to eat or drink during the eight days, except about half a pint of water which I caught in the panel of the door on Sunday, the 17th. &mdash; Jim Frisbee  sources →  Bigney, Mark Frederick. "Wreck of the Nautilus." The Forest Pilgrims, and Other Poems. New Orleans: J. A. Gresham, 1867. 85-86. Print. http://www.archive.org/stream/forestpilgrims00bignrich#page/n85/mode/2up Frisbee, Jim. "Statement of Jim Frisbee." The Daily Picayune [New Orleans, LA] 20 Aug. 1856. Print. http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgibin/cdnc?a=d&d=SDU18561002.1.4 "A Doll's House." https://sites.google.com/site/kathleenenglish12honors/a-doll-s-house