How were citizens of rome involved in the political process

What does the first line in this stanza from old ironsides by oliver wendell holmes tell the reader about the ship

Read these lines from "an open boat" and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses,
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat,
 which of the end rhymes below matches the one in the last line of the excerpt? “he’s living, i know. but he’s numbed with the cold.” “and there are no voices or ghosts in that darkness.” “and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.” “come. loosen your fingers. – o god, let me keep him! ”

What do the words “briefer,” “too beautiful to stay,” and “sleep of death” in the last stanza of wylie’s prom suggest about nature’s bounty and a life of plenty and ease?