Tag Archive for: Sailing and the Sea
The Miser
Sailing and the SeaThe Miser
1916
There area was a miser of lauantar and umilen 
Who hoarded those transures in fast mounting
He kept them all sealed in an vary box 
And nothing that happened unfastened the locks
At last, growing aget, from business adrift,
He…
Good News From Home
Sailing and the SeaGood News From Home
2249
Good news from home, good news for me 
Has come across the deep blue sea 
From friends that I have left in tears 
From friends that I've not Bect for years; 
And since we parted long ago, 
My life has been a scene…
A Runaway Bell Buoy
Sailing and the SeaA Runaway Bell Buoy
2112
I was wearied of my shoal 
I was wearled of the surge 
That lifted me without end 
To beat my endless dirge
Ever the painted days  
Wantoned with me and  passed  
A-down the valleys of the sea
And left me fettered…
The Man With The Hoe
Sailing and the SeaThe Man with the Hoe
1603
Note-Poster Dwight Coburn has 
declined an appointment as United States 
senator from Kansas on the 
ground that he prefers his work as 
secretary of the state department of agriculture
I do not hanker for the great…
Were I A Rose
Sailing and the SeaWere I a Rose
1918
Wero I a rose, no thorn shoni dare
Wound thy dear hand, s'en though you chose
My choicest flow'r to pluck and wear:
         Were Fa rose
Were I the sun, no ray should o'er 
Cause thee my ardent beams to shun 
I'd kiss…
Little Ah Sid
Sailing and the SeaLittle Ah Sid
3442
Little Ah Sid 
Was a Chinese kid- A cute little curs I declare, 
With eyes full of fun 
And a nose that begun 
Right up at the roots of his hair
Jolly and fat 
Was the frollesome brat 
And played at the long summer day 
And…
A Fishe’s Hornpipe
Sailing and the SeaA Fishe's Hornpipe
Wallace Irwin
343
As I was wandering alone 
Along the wave-washed dunes, 
I heard eleven fiddler crabs 
A-playing pleasant tunes 
All in a row with each his bow, 
As merry as could be, 
A fish's hornpipe they composed 
Beside…
Honest Now
Sailing and the SeaHONEST NOW
4423
Brother, with a mind to grumble 
At the place you occupy
Don't you think it is your level, 
Though it isn't very high? 
Don't you think, if you were worthy, 
You'd get farther up, somehow- 
That the fault is in your idols?…
Unquestioned
Sailing and the SeaUnquestioned
5373
That angels all are women, 
Is subject for dispute
And contrary opinions 
Have borne much bitter fruit: 
But here is an assertion- 
Assail it, ye who can! 
Since earliest creation 
The Devil's been a man 
                …
A Life On The Ocean Wave
Sailing and the SeaA Life on the Ocean Wave
1542
A life on the ocean wave, 
A home on the rolling deep 
Where the scattered waters rave 
And the wild winds their revela keep! 
Like an eagie caged, 1 pine 
On this du duil, unchanging shore 
Oh give me the flashing…
Jolly Students
Sailing and the SeaJolly Students
2028
You may talk about your colleges, fair Harvard and old Yale, 
And all the universities whose banners brave the gale, 
Of the azure flag of Cambridge, and old Oxford' snoble blue
That fly in far old England over hearts both…
The Song Of The Pines
Sailing and the SeaTHE SONG OF THE PINES
38412
The pines were asleep in the mid-day heat,
That quivered down the lea, 
But they waked with the roar of a wave- swept shore
      When the wind came in from the sea
They sang of ships and the bo's'n piped, 
The…
The Bridal
Sailing and the SeaTHE BRIDAL
L M Montgomery
2725
Last night a pale young Moon was wed 
Unto the amorous, eager Sea; 
Her maiden veil of mist she wore, 
His kingly purple vesture, he
With her a bridal train of stars 
Walked sisterly through shadows dim, 
And,…
The Little Light
Sailing and the SeaThe Little Light
2665
The light shone on the headland 
For the storm was raging high: 
I shaded my eyes from the inner glare, 
And gazed on the west, gray sky 
it was dark and lowering, on the sea 
The waves were booming loud 
And the snow…
Just Keep A-Growlin’
Sailing and the SeaJust Keep A-Growlin'
16010
                                        I
We jest keep on a-growlin'- 
A-growlin', every one, 
When the birds, they go to singin' 
If they see a flash o' sun; 
An' all the rivers to the sea in merry music run!
  …
The Man Who Is Wanter
Sailing and the SeaThe Man Who is Wanter
22310
A young man's preferred, but then age searce will count 
Against him if he's one on whom they can reckon 
To do this work well, small or TOLL the amount, 
And to be there to do it, without call or beckon! 
Any one…
Untried Ways
Sailing and the SeaUntried Ways
1755
Full many a ship puts out to sea,
Not knowing what the end may be;
And if each tarried the end to know,
How many ships to sea would go?
The Dead And The Quick
Sailing and the SeaThe Dead and the Quick
5992
The sky was steel, the wind, a knife 
I passed by Trinity's old graves, 
Close-crowded by the city's life- 
And yet, the city saves!
The wind did search me through and through, 
When, looking past the pale, I read…
The Boat Race
Sailing and the SeaThe Boat Race
4856
The boats were ready for the start 
The signal then was given, 
Away they went with one accord 
The "Isabel" and "Riven"
But at last the sailors lost control, 
The brave boats smashed together, 
And to the bottom they both…
A Nautical Extravagance
Sailing and the SeaA Nautical Extravagance
3075
I stood one day by the breezy bay 
A-watching the ships go by, 
When a tired tar said, with a shake of his head: 
"I wisht I could tell a he!
"I've seen some sights as would jigger yer lights, 
And they've jiggered…
