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[The moon was shining on the deck]
The moon was shining on the deck
The stars looked out upon the sea
The sail had dwindled to a speck
That was upon our lea.
The stars looked out upon the sea
The sail had dwindled to a speck
That was upon our lea.
I crept beside the grey-locked man
Whose words I loved to hear so well
He knew my wish and thus began
His ocean tale to tell.
Whose words I loved to hear so well
He knew my wish and thus began
His ocean tale to tell.
The ship from Hamburgh held her way
And playing round her stately form
The waves curled bright their wreaths of spray
All heedless of the storm.
And playing round her stately form
The waves curled bright their wreaths of spray
All heedless of the storm.
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The ship seemed glad to feel once more
Around her roll the deep blue main
As onward bounding from the shore
She heard its voice again
Around her roll the deep blue main
As onward bounding from the shore
She heard its voice again
And I was young my boy as thou
And all around seemed strange and new
I watched the ocean's deep green brow
I watched the heaven's so blue
And all around seemed strange and new
I watched the ocean's deep green brow
I watched the heaven's so blue
I looked behind—my home had fled
And seemed afar like distant cloud
My mother all I loved seemed dead
I wept and sobbed aloud.
And seemed afar like distant cloud
My mother all I loved seemed dead
I wept and sobbed aloud.
Poem No.527; 1836?
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