The Rhyme Of The Four Strong Men (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
In lands that are now forgotten, In the old wild days of yore,The Four Strong Men made compact That they ...
In lands that are now forgotten, In the old wild days of yore,The Four Strong Men made compact That they ...
It was the steamship Dinkinbar,From the Gulf of MexicoFor Liverpool in time of warWith a thousand mules below,And a bunch ...
It's all very well these 'ere blessed flim-flammers — These 'ere bloomin' OMERS an' suchlikeWritin' books about the ol' ...
Did you see the poor old hooker, by the ocean wharf she lay?Her decks are foul with harbour grime, she ...
Yonder she sails on her paper sea —Masts just a trifle too tall, maybe —Chain-plates and whiskers, all, in short,That ...
Throned like an empress on the south-most height, Keen, clear and brave, her eyes gaze northward farTo where, still ...
Take the boat to the bounds of the ocean, Away to the ends of the earth:We've a heritage no one ...
Lucksaid Dan,"Never no luckcome my way, sonny!None o' them widders with a nice little pileLookin' for a sailor manLooked at ...
The gipsy wife came to my door with pegs and brooms to sellThey make by many a roadside fire and ...
The Witch-wife dwells by the Northern Sea And it's oh but the wind pipes shrill!Alone on the waveworn shore ...
Oh, sweet is life in living, And earth is fair and sweet,When limbs are strong and supple, And ...
Too good for the knacker, too poor for the lurry!Let him go to the army that buys in a hurry!Too ...
Beware! The sword of England Is in your hand to keep:Look that it be not tarnished Nor pilfered in your ...
We who are gone from the lands that are dear to us, We who were merry in days that ...
Rise up, strong men of England; On outward journeys wend,To fight the fight of heroes, And chance what Fate may ...
Good-bye and fare ye well; for we'll sail no more together,Broad seas and narrow in fair or foul weather:We'll sail ...
She took her tide and she passed the Bar with the first o' the morning light;She dipped her flag to ...
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