Poems and Songs by Thomas Flatman. The Fourth Edition with many Additions and Amendments |
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CASTABELLA Going to Sea.
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CASTABELLA Going to Sea.
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Hark hark! methinks I hear the Seamen call,The boistrous Seamen say,
Bright Castabella, come away!
The Wind sits fair, the Vessels stout and tall,
Bright Castabella come away!
For Time and Tide can never stay.
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Our mighty Master Neptune calls aloud,The Zephyrs gently blow,
The Tritons cry you are too slow,
For every Sea-nymph of the glittering Croud,
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When you ascend your watry Throne.
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See, see! she comes, she comes, and now adieu!Let's bid adieu to shore,
And to all we fear'd before;
O Castabella! we depend on you,
On you our better fortunes lay,
Whose eyes and voice the winds and Seas obey.
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