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Rh Said he had hoped, at least, when the wind blew due East,
 * That the ship would not travel due West!

But the danger was past—they had landed at last.
 * With their boxes, portmanteaus, and bags:

Yet at first sight the crew were not pleased with the view
 * Which consisted of chasms and crags.

The Bellman perceived that their spirits were low,
 * And repeated in musical tone

Some jokes he had kept for a season of woe—
 * But the crew would do nothing but groan.

He served out some grog with a liberal hand,
 * And bade them sit down on the beach:

And they could not but own that their Captain looked grand,
 * As he stood and delivered his speech.

"Friends, Romans, and countrymen, lend me your ears!
 * (They were all of them fond of quotations:

So they drank to his health, and they gave him three cheers
 * While he served out additional rations).