Tom Deadlight (Herman Melville Poems)
Farewell and adieu to you noble hearties,-- Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain,For I've received orders for to sail ...
Farewell and adieu to you noble hearties,-- Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain,For I've received orders for to sail ...
At sea I learned the weather,At sea I learned to knowThat waves raged not forever,Winds did not ever blow.I learned ...
Old Black JackoSmokes tobaccoIn his little pipe of clay.Puff, puff, puff,He never has enoughThough he smokes it all day.But his ...
Home, Sweet Home. I'm a Bedfordshire Chap, and Bill Stumps is my name, And to tell it don't give me ...
When I go back from Billy's place I always have to roamThe mazy road, the crazy road that leads the ...
Ay, I'm a ranter, so at least fowks say; Happen they'd tell t' same tale o' t' postle ...
Wish ye, sons of Alma Mater, Long lost laurels to replace? Listen to a stout old Pater, Once ...
Some I got with amber stems an' some with silver bands,Bent ones an' straight ones an' all sorts o' brands.A ...
TIME has a magic wand! What is this meets my hand, Moth-eaten, moldy, and Covered with fluff? Faded, and stiff, ...
There's a soft and peaceful feelingComes across the farming handAs the shadows go a-stealingSlow along the new-turned land.The lazy curling ...
A club there is established here, whose name they say is Legion;From Melbourne to the Billabong they're known in every ...
If ever you've heard it ringing, wild from the mast and clear,If you've seen the watches running, their faces blanched ...
Old Black Jacko Smokes tobacco In his little pipe of clay.Puff, puff, puff,He never has enough Though ...
If you wake at midnight, and hear a horse's feet, Don't go drawing back the blind, or looking in the ...
Humping it here in the dug-out, Sucking me black dudeen, I'd like to say in a general way, There's nothing ...
I've been sittin' starin', starin' at 'is muddy pair of boots, And tryin' to convince meself it's 'im. (Look out ...
I've never ceased to curse the day I signed A seven years' bargain for the Golden Fleece. 'Twas a bad ...
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