The Black Watch (Burt Franklin Jenness Poems)
Ever heard th' black watch story?Ask th' boys o' our old crew;There's sea yarns a sight more gory, But there ...
Ever heard th' black watch story?Ask th' boys o' our old crew;There's sea yarns a sight more gory, But there ...
So they won't ship me over today, eh?Too old, did you say, an' too lame?It's a hard knock, Cap'n, t' ...
This is the spell of the Orient &mdashThe lure of the far, far East,A lure that is soft and luxuriant ...
When the night winds blow in from the open sea,And darkness sifts down in the busy street,That's always the lonesomest ...
'Twas what ye'd call a nasty night,An' 'twa''t no time to pick a fight,Th' we struck th' zone;Th' fog wuz ...
If you've ever stood a midwatch in the cavern of the night,With the sea wolves racing past you in a ...
When the day's trick is over and the running lights are lit,And the rigging fore and aft is trim and ...
The gilded thrones of kings may pass;The magistrate's judicial hall,The Sultan's court of tinkling brass —They all may go beyond ...
Let me sail to the southward and follow once moreDown the great circle course where the latitudes roar;Where the wind-breasted ...
Ever stood th' twelve t' fourAnchor watch, alone at night,When th' lights along th' shoreWere jes' blinkin' out o' sight?Ever ...
The sea's a place for sailormen in fair or stormy weather;'Round the world and back again they're all good mates ...
Like a great magician stagingAll his lightning tricks and ruses,Where the seven seas are raging,Works the wizard of our cruises;In ...
Will you ever forget the mid-watches at sea?How you tumbled out sleepy and dazed,And though you maneuvered as still as ...
Along about six in th' mornin',When th' drippin' sun turns out o' bed,An' reveille's gone, an' th' decks are astir,An' ...
If ever I quit this goin' t' sea,An' cease th' world t' roam,An' old dame fortune smiles on me;I'll build ...
There's not a resolution passed beneath the gavel's head;There is no tale however true, no tribute, vote or plea;There are ...
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