The poetical works of Robert Stephen Hawker Edited from the original manuscripts and annotated copies together with a prefatory notice and bibliography by Alfred Wallis |
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THE SMUGGLER'S SONG.
On, through the ground-sea, shove!
Light on the larboard bow!
There's a nine-knot breeze above,
And a sucking tide below.
Light on the larboard bow!
There's a nine-knot breeze above,
And a sucking tide below.
Hush! for the beacon fails,
The skulking gauger's by;
Down with your studding-sails,
Let jib and fore-sail fly!
The skulking gauger's by;
Down with your studding-sails,
Let jib and fore-sail fly!
Hurrah! for the light once more!
Point her for Shark's-nose Head;
Our friends can keep the shore;
Or the skulking gauger's dead!
Point her for Shark's-nose Head;
Our friends can keep the shore;
Or the skulking gauger's dead!
On! through the ground-sea, shove!
Light on the larboard bow!
There's a nine-knot breeze above
And a sucking tide below!
Light on the larboard bow!
There's a nine-knot breeze above
And a sucking tide below!
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