Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WRECK OF THE TITANIC, by REGINALD M. TEWKSBURY


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WRECK OF THE TITANIC, by                    
First Line: Only an iceberg
Last Line: Under moonlit sky!
Subject(s): Disasters; Ships & Shipping; Shipwrecks; Titanic (ship)


Only an iceberg,
Oh! but the woe it spread;
As o'er the ocean,
The bodies of brave lie dead;

Fathers and mothers
Torn from their lov'd ones so dear,
Drifted so mutely,
'Neath the moon so clear!

Refrain

Oh! could those dear ones be called back again,
Oh! could the story be told without pain;
Heaven be merciful to those that are gone,
Heroes, All brave, Ever thy loss we'll mourn.

Adrift in the lifeboats,
Out on the seas so drear;
Wives, Mothers, Sweethearts,
There mingled in throes of fear;

Theirs is the sorrow,
Comes to the low and the high,
In home or hovel,
Under moonlit sky!





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