I Clink-clink-clink goes our windlass . 'Ahoy!'-'Haul in!'-'Let go!' Yards braced and sails set,- Flags uncurl and flow. Some eyes that watch from shore are wet, (How bright their welcome shone!) While, bending softly to the breeze, And rushing through the parted seas, Our gallant ship glides on. II Tho' one has left a sweetheart, And one has left a wife, What use, my lads, to mope and fret? We live a sailor's life. See, far away they signal yet- They dwindle-fade-they're gone! For dashing outwards, bold and brave, And springing light from wave to wave, Our merry ship flies on. III Gay spreads the sparkling ocean; But many a gloomy night And stormy morrow must be met Ere next we heave in sight. The parting look we'll ne'er forget, The kiss, the benison, As round the rolling world we go. God bless you all!-blow, breezes, blow! Sail on, good ship, sail on! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LITTLE HILL by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY THE WET WASH by MARIANA BACHMAN TO A DYING CLASS by ANGELO PHILIP BERTOCCI IN AN AEROPLANE by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE EPOGRAM; LINES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW AT THE KING'S ARMS, DUMFRIES by ROBERT BURNS SUCH A PARCEL OF ROGUES IN A NATION by ROBERT BURNS |