I Clink-clink-clink goes our windlass . 'Ahoy!'-'Haul in!'-'Let go!' Yards braced and sails set,- Flags uncurl and flow. Some eyes that watch from shore are wet, (How bright their welcome shone!) While, bending softly to the breeze, And rushing through the parted seas, Our gallant ship glides on. II Tho' one has left a sweetheart, And one has left a wife, What use, my lads, to mope and fret? We live a sailor's life. See, far away they signal yet- They dwindle-fade-they're gone! For dashing outwards, bold and brave, And springing light from wave to wave, Our merry ship flies on. III Gay spreads the sparkling ocean; But many a gloomy night And stormy morrow must be met Ere next we heave in sight. The parting look we'll ne'er forget, The kiss, the benison, As round the rolling world we go. God bless you all!-blow, breezes, blow! Sail on, good ship, sail on! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET (6) by GEORGE SANTAYANA 1914: 3. THE DEAD by RUPERT BROOKE THE CUPBOARD by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE OPPORTUNITY by NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 96 by ALFRED TENNYSON A WAYFARING SONG by HENRY VAN DYKE MAXIMS FOR THE OLD HOUSE: THE STAIR by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH |