[Mr. Wright]

When fish and other land and sea life,
By force will be put upon the beach by a strong wave,
Its form will appear strange, oily and horrible,
Coming by seawater very steadily it shall climb the walls as an enemy.

- - Nostradamus

[netmilsmom]

Oh for Heaven’s Sake.

What quatrain is that?

Because lots of people were writing poetry to fit after 9/11, all of it credited to Nostradamus and none of it true.

[Bob Ireland]

The quatrain referred to is I-29 of The Centuries:
  Quand le poisson terrestre et aquatique
  Par forte vague au gravier sera mis,
  Sa forme étrange suave et horrifique,
  Par mer aux murs bien tôt les ennemis.

The translation presented above seems to begin to unravel in line three. It is difficult to interpret suave as 'oily'; it derives from Latin suavis meaning 'sweet' or 'pleasant'. I suppose in some contexts it might imply 'oil', but it is a stretch.

Also, to interpret mer as 'seawater' is a bit of a stretch, but possible. 'Steadily' and 'climb' simply do not appear in the OF text.