Bridegroom Dick (Herman Melville Poems)
1876Sunning ourselves in October on a dayBalmy as spring, though the year was in decay,I lading my pipe, she stirring ...
Poems about lubber (17 Poems)
May-Day (Ralph Waldo Emerson Poems)
Daughter of Heaven and Earth, coy Spring,With sudden passion languishing,Maketh all things softly smile,Painteth pictures mile on mile,Holds a cup ...
The Fight Of The General Armstrong (James Jeffrey Roche Poems)
Tell the story to your sonsOf the gallant days of yoreWhen the brig of seven gunsFought the fleet of seven ...
Bee-Master (Victoria Sackville-West Poems)
I have known honey from the Syrian hillsStored in cool jars; the wild acacia thereOn the rough terrace where the ...
A Sailor’s Yarn (James Jeffrey Roche Poems)
This is the tale that was told to me,By a battered and shattered son of the sea-To me and my ...
The Fishermen (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
HURRAH! the seaward breezesSweep down the bay amain;Heave up, my lads, the anchor!Run up the sail again!Leave to the lubber ...
Satire On The Dutch (John Henry Dryden Poems)
As needy gallants, in the scrivener's hands,Court the rich knaves that gripe their mortgaged lands;The first fat buck of all ...
The Sotweed Factor (3) (Ebenezer Cook Poems)
Condemn'd by Fate to way-ward Curse, Of Friends unkind, and empty Purse: Plagues worse than fill'd ...
An Elegy On A Patriot (David Humphreys Poems)
I.IN yonder dark and narrow lodging,There rests a patriot's body,Which, after many a slip and dodging,Death took in safe custody.II.What ...
Off Scarborough (Francis Bret Harte Poems)
(SEPTEMBER, 1779)I"Have a care!" the bailiffs cried From their cockleshell that layOff the frigate's yellow side, Tossing on Scarborough Bay,While ...
The Greenland Voyage, Or The Whale-Fisher’s Delight: Being A Full Description Of The Manner Of The T (Anonymous British Poems)
Why stay we at home, now the season is come!Jolly lads let us liquor our throats;Our interest we wrong, if ...
The Eskimoos (Billy Bennett Poems)
The Great White North is calling- s'hosh! it's got a lot to say- Let us listen while it cracks its ...
The Gravedigger (Bliss William Carman Poems)
OH, the shambling sea is a sexton old,And well his work is done.With an equal grave for lord and knave,He ...
Once Below A Time (Dylan Thomas Poems)
IOnce below a time,When my pinned-around-the-spiritCut-to-measure flesh bit,Suit for a serial sumOn the first of each hardship,My paid-for slaved-for own ...
All Hands On Deck (Bill Adams Poems)
Rouse out, you sleepers! Come, now, rise and shine!How would you like to hear that cry again?You rolled into your ...
The Rookie (Burt Franklin Jenness Poems)
When you are a rookie, an' most o' the crewAre natcherly makin' a goat out o' you;The ship is unsteady ...
L’Allegro (John Milton Poems)
Hence, loathed Melancholy, ............Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn ............'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights ...