Heave o'er the boat, the gallant captain cr/?d, Let's save, at least, some sturdy hearts and The boat was hove, but danger all defied- ' Good captain, we'll not budge, but d/e with you-* Then down we knelt, and prayed to heaven ?or grac? c Have mercy on us, since all hope is pest s' Eaeh rose and gave his fellow one embrace, Then, plunging 'mid the billows, sought his last. To sp]/nters was tim vemel i?tant?blown, The erask still adding to ti?e tempest's ro? ' I saw my messmates struggling, heard them While cl/nging to a plank, I gaine?l the shore. Thus of three hundred I alone am left, To tell out hopes and fears, and perils, dire, To paint a seamsifs anguish, when bereft Of friends and messmates by consuming fire. JACK AND I SAW TI-W.?4 NO MORE. J.?c= and ! w?re both messmates a long time at And maay's the battle we've fought, Yet fear d'ye .mind, never touched him or Though 4?ff on our sweethearts we've thot?ght. For Jack io?ed his Kitty ?s dear as hi9 ?oul, And Poll was my comfort on shore, And the angel of truth did our love vows emol, Though Jack and I saw them no more, 1?]'o more,. And Jack and ! ?aw them no more. 'Twss long on the ocean, to?ed upwards and down, We'd been from our charmers away, Had gained by bard service some gald ?.mnoWn, Theii fondmorns and love to repay; ' ' But shame on report and each slanderore tongtin, That. whispere d ill tidings on shem:
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