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PART IV.
How the Ghosts of them two unfortunate Lovers appeared to the Boatswain, and he, having his trial, was hanged at the yard's arm.
The trembling lady was sorely affrighted,
Amazed, she stood near the brink of the sea,
With eyes lift to heaven, she cried, Cruel parents,
Heaven requite you for your cruelty.
Indeed I promis’d, my dearest creature,
Dead or alive, I would be his own;
Now to perform my solemn vow I am ready,
And to follow him to his watery tomb.
The maids they heard the sad lamentation,
But the apparition indeed could not see;
Thinking the lady was fallen into distraction,
They strove to persuade her contented to be.
But still she cried, My dear, I am coming,
And in thy bosom I’ll soon fall asleep:
When she had spoke, this unfortunate lady
Suddenly plunged herself into the deep.
But when to her father the maids told the matter,
Ho wrung his hands, crying, What have I done?
Oh! dearest child, it was thy cruel father
That did provide thee a watery tomb.
Two or three days then being expir’d,
These two unfortunate lovers were seen,
In each others arms they together were floating,
By the side of a ship, on the watery main.
The cruel boatswain was stricken with horror,
Straight did confess the sad deed he had done—
