| 1 | But too much dreaming sinks and drowns. | |
| 2 | When Mieding disaster fell, the land covered by grief, they used a strong and smiling, shook us. | |
| 3 | We realized that they must have become unduly frightened by the rising flood, for their house, which had sound foundations, would have stood stoutly even if it had been almost submerged. | |
| 4 | Today I interviewed the great Queen Esther, who saved her people from a untimely death. | |
| 5 | Efforts at halting the spewing oil by pumping heavy drilling fluid into the well -- known as the 'top kill' procedure -- had showed early signs of success. |