lines on seeing her majesty's ship etc.
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Silent the waves come stealing by,
And softly too the breeze does sigh;
Slowly and stately does she swing
Round upon her stout anchoring.
And softly too the breeze does sigh;
Slowly and stately does she swing
Round upon her stout anchoring.
How proud and swan-like does she rest
On the blue water's tranquil breast!—
Ah! there's no fairer sight to me
Than an English ship on a moonlit sea.
On the blue water's tranquil breast!—
Ah! there's no fairer sight to me
Than an English ship on a moonlit sea.
