He played his ship as a master musician played a lute, sensing each vibration and sound, striving for that harmony of motion which kept the Wind of Dawn moving safely through perilous seas.

The solid ground on which he stood was suddenly washed out from beneath him, casting him adrift on a perilous sea with no ship, no compass, no anchor.

So long we have been wandering all this while By many a perilous sea and drifting isle, We scarce shall dare to look thereon and smile.

Charmed magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn...

"A magic casement opening on the foam Of perilous seas in fairy lands forlorn," quoted Anne softly.

But there were no seas, perilous or otherwise, on Mars- though many of its lands were sufficiently forlorn.

He wanted to touch her hand, to feel its warmth against his fingers, to grab hold of her as if she were floating away from him in some dark perilous sea.

But the bearded man said to me, "Beware of those perilous seas wherein men say Cathuria lies.

Yet I nor sought nor risked a life; I shudder at an open knife; The perilous seas I still avoided And stuck to land whate'er betided.

My crewmen rely heavily upon N.W.S. forecasts for warnings of perilous seas, treacherous winds, low visibility and other navigational hazards.