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He does it beacuse he fears a hurricane. The excerpt that supports this part is:
Then up and spake an old Sailòr, Had sailed to the Spanish Main,
"I pray thee, put into yonder port,
For I fear a hurricane.
Then up and spake an old Sailòr, Had sailed to the Spanish Main,
"I pray thee, put into yonder port,
For I fear a hurricane.
In Longfellow's poem "Wreck of Hesperus," the sailor asks the skipper to pull into port because he feels a hurricane coming.
He explains that the night before the moon had a golden ring and, that night, there was no moon at all.