I SAW a ship a-sailing, A-sailing on the sea, And oh, but it was laden With pretty things for thee! There were comfits in the cabin, And apples in the hold; The sails were made of silk, And the masts were all of gold. The four-and-twenty sailors, That stood between the decks, Were four-and-twenty white mice With chains about their necks. The captain was a duck With a packet on his back, And when the ship began to move The captain said, Quack! Quack! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE NIGHT MAIL NORTH (EUSTON SQUARE, 1840) by HENRY CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL NATURE; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW MY MARYLAND by JAMES RYDER RANDALL A WOMAN'S APOLOGY by ALFRED AUSTIN THE ORGANIST IN HEAVEN (SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY) by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN A SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR by FRANK GELETT BURGESS THE HUMAN NOTE by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |