noon
There was half an hour of uncertainty and doubt , it is true , during which period the lead was anxiously watched ; and then a feeling of security came over all , and the weary slept without dreaming of instant death . It is to be all made of sighs and tears ; It is to be all made of faith and service ; It is to be all made of phantasy ; All made of passion , and all made of wishes ; All adoration , duty , and observance ; All humbleness , all patience , and impatience ; All purity , all trial , all observance . SHAKESPEARE . It was near noon when the gale broke ; and then its force abated as suddenly as its violence had arisen . In less than two hours after the wind fell , the surface of the lake , though still agitated , was no longer glittering with foam ; and in double that time , the entire sheet presented the ordinary scene of disturbed water , that was unbroken by the violence of a tempest . Still the waves came rolling incessantly towards the shore , and the lines of breakers remained , though the spray had ceased to fly ; the combing of the swells was more moderate , and all that there was of violence proceeded from the impulsion of wind which had abated . As it was impossible to make head against the sea that was still up , with the light opposing air that blew from the eastward , all thoughts of getting under way that afternoon were abandoned .