A Volunteer Song (Joanna Baillie Poems)
YE , who Britain's soldiers be,Freemen, children of the free,Who freely come at danger's callFrom shop and palace, cot and ...
Poems about tars (20 Poems)
There’s Nought I See, To Fear Now (Hector MacNeill Poems)
Our good king sits in Windsor tower,The sun-beams glint sae cheerfu'!A birdie sang in yonder bower,And O! but it sang ...
The Curieux (John Mayne Poems)
What mean the colours half-mast high, In yonder ship upon the main?Ah me! a seaman made reply, Some hero of renown is ...
Rape Of Florida: Canto IV (Albery Allson Whitman Poems)
Gazing upon the toiling seas,In gloomy rows the silent captives sate;And as the ship rode off before the breeze,They murmured ...
The Pirates (DuBose Heyward Poems)
I I stood once where these rows of deep piazzas Frown on the harbor from their columned pride, ...
Fort Dearborn (Albery Allson Whitman Poems)
Fort Dearborn is a strong and goodly place,And o'er the frontier looks with valiant faceTo greet the hostile tread of ...
The Borough. Letter XI: Inns (George Crabbe Poems)
All the comforts of life in a Tavern are known,'Tis his home who possesses not one of his own;And to ...
Tom Tough (Charles Dibdin Poems)
My name, d'ye se's Tom Tough, I've see'd a little service,Where mighty billows roll, and loud tempests blow:I've sail'd with ...
True Blue (Song for Music) (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
On the scroll of our island's proud story, Where brave deeds shine brightly as stars,You may read of the power ...
The Token (Charles Dibdin Poems)
The breeze was fresh, the ship was in stays,Each breaker hush'd, the shore a haze,When Jack, no more on duty ...
Hearts Of Oak (David Garrick Poems)
Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer,To add something more to this wonderful year;To honour we call ...
A Land Shanty (C J Dennis Poems)
Sou' sou' east, with the course set fair -- Heave ho, me hearties!On the Geelong road we're ...
The Anchor (Charles Harpur Poems)
Firm trust of the bold sailor on the shores of sudden storm,What strength is in its structure and the fitness ...
The Briton’s Alphabet (Charles Dibdin Poems)
A stands for Albion, the Queen of the Main; B for the Britons she boasts in her train C for ...
The Lass That Loves A Sailor (Charles Dibdin Poems)
The moon on the oceanWas dimmed by a rippleAffording a chequered delight;The gay jolly tarsPassed a word for the tipple,And ...
Tom Bowling (Charles Dibdin Poems)
Here a sheer hulk lies poor Tom Bowling,The darling of our crew;No more he'll hear the tempest howling,For death has ...
The Soldier (Gerard Manley Hopkins Poem)
Yes. Why do we ?ll, seeing of a soldier, bless him? bless Our redcoats, our tars? Both these being, the ...
The Battle of the Nile (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas on the 18th of August in the year of 1798, That Nelson saw with inexpressible delight The City of ...
The Loss of the Victoria (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Alas! Now o'er Britannia there hangs a gloom, Because over 400 British Tars have met with a watery tomb; Who ...
An All-Night Sea Fight (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Ye sons of Mars, come list to me, And I will relate to ye A great and heroic naval fight, ...