ON THE CREW OF A VESSEL
WHO WERE FOUND DEAD AT SEA.
The breeze blew fair, the waving sea
Curled sparkling round the vessel's side;
The canvas spread 'with bosom free
Its swan-like pinions o'er the tide.
Curled sparkling round the vessel's side;
The canvas spread 'with bosom free
Its swan-like pinions o'er the tide.
Evening had gemmed with glittering stars
Her coronet so darkly grand;
The Queen of Night, with fleecy clouds,
Had formed her turban's snowy band.
Her coronet so darkly grand;
The Queen of Night, with fleecy clouds,
Had formed her turban's snowy band.
On, on the stately vessel flew,
With streamer waving far and wide;
When lo! a bark appeared in view,
And gayly danced upon the tide.
With streamer waving far and wide;
When lo! a bark appeared in view,
And gayly danced upon the tide.
Each way the breeze its wild wing veered,
That way the stranger vessel turned;
Now near she drew, now wafted far,
She fluttered, trembled, and returned.
That way the stranger vessel turned;
Now near she drew, now wafted far,
She fluttered, trembled, and returned.
"It is the pirates' cursed bark!
The villains linger to decoy!
Thus bounding o'er the waters dark,
They seek to lure, and then destroy.
The villains linger to decoy!
Thus bounding o'er the waters dark,
They seek to lure, and then destroy.
