Mopsa the Fairy By Jean Ingelow |
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CHAPTER IX.
AFTER THE PARTY. Mopsa the Fairy | ||
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CHAPTER IX. AFTER THE PARTY.
Stephano.
This will prove a brave kingdom to me, Where I shall have my music for nothing.
The Tempest.
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[When I sit on market-days amid the comers and the goers]
When I sit on market-days amid the comers and the goers,
Oh! full oft I have a vision of the days without alloy,
And a ship comes up the river with a jolly gang of towers,
And a ‘pull'e haul'e, pull'e haul'e, yoy! heave, hoy!’
Oh! full oft I have a vision of the days without alloy,
And a ship comes up the river with a jolly gang of towers,
And a ‘pull'e haul'e, pull'e haul'e, yoy! heave, hoy!’
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There is busy talk around me, all about mine ears it hummeth,
But the wooden wharves I look on, and a dancing, heaving buoy,
For 'tis tidetime in the river, and she cometh—oh, she cometh!
With a ‘pull'e haul'e, pull'e haul'e, yoy! heave, hoy!’
But the wooden wharves I look on, and a dancing, heaving buoy,
For 'tis tidetime in the river, and she cometh—oh, she cometh!
With a ‘pull'e haul'e, pull'e haul'e, yoy! heave, hoy!’
Then I hear the water washing, never golden waves were brighter,
And I hear the capstan creaking—'tis a sound that cannot cloy.
Bring her to, to ship her lading, brig or schooner, sloop or lighter,
With a ‘pull'e haul'e, pull'e haul'e, yoy! heave, hoy!’
And I hear the capstan creaking—'tis a sound that cannot cloy.
Bring her to, to ship her lading, brig or schooner, sloop or lighter,
With a ‘pull'e haul'e, pull'e haul'e, yoy! heave, hoy!’
‘Will ye step aboard, my dearest? for the high seas lie before us.’
So I sailed adown the river in those days without alloy.
We are launched! But when, I wonder, shall a sweeter sound float o'er us
Than yon ‘pull'e haul'e, pull'e haul'e, yoy! heave, hoy!’
So I sailed adown the river in those days without alloy.
We are launched! But when, I wonder, shall a sweeter sound float o'er us
Than yon ‘pull'e haul'e, pull'e haul'e, yoy! heave, hoy!’
CHAPTER IX.
AFTER THE PARTY. Mopsa the Fairy | ||