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 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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