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 ...
I've had a whirl at games of chance From Bombay 'round to Cork,I've sensed the ways of high finance ...
If you've ever stood a midwatch in the cavern of the night,With the sea wolves racing past you in a ...
I wandered up and down the quay to-day,And yesterday, and many days before,In and out, aboard the ships I've found ...
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 ...
When th' dawn is jest a-breakin',An' th' runnin' lights are dim,An' th' risin' sun is makin'Streaks scross th' ocean's rim;When ...
Let me sail to the southward and follow once moreDown the great circle course where the latitudes roar;Where the wind-breasted ...
You may visit studiosIn New York or gay Paree;Watch the famous models pose;Study scenes of land and sea;You may sing ...
Ever stood th' twelve t' fourAnchor watch, alone at night,When th' lights along th' shoreWere jes' blinkin' out o' sight?Ever ...
They are fighters, but they're not the hero kind;They are just a gang of grimy sailormen.They're the knights of crank ...
The sea's a place for sailormen in fair or stormy weather;'Round the world and back again they're all good mates ...
When you are a rookie, an' most o' the crewAre natcherly makin' a goat out o' you;The ship is unsteady ...
Swashin' down the quarter-deck, scuppers runnin' free,All th' gang in workin' white, happy as c'n be;Smell o' coffee comin' through ...
How dear to my heart are the scenes of my cruises,When fond recollection presents them to view.Not one of those ...
I'm back on my old job again; the boss has raised my pay;I've donned "civilians," and I've put my uniform ...
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 ...
Old and battered now, it restsWith the spinning wheel and chests,In the solitude and gloomOf the dusty attic room;Tied around ...
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 ...
Droppin' down to Rio on a buckin' wooden tramp;Takin' water for'r'd till her rotten planks were damp;Pitchin' like a bronco ...
There's not a resolution passed beneath the gavel's head;There is no tale however true, no tribute, vote or plea;There are ...
With saucy air and curtly hail;With rakish stern and meager crew,They bristle up beneath the rail,And warp the giant liners ...
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