Sentence:  Such is the fate of ſimple Bard, / On Life's rough ocean luckleſs ſtarr'd! / Unſkilful he to note the card / Of "prudent Lore", / Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, / And <WSD>whelm</WSD> him o'er! 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.