. Ballads of bravery. ^^ BALLADS OF BRAVERY. 83 ¥a They who battled for the hapjDy, boys, and perished for the free? Clew, clew up, fore and aft! keep away!How the vulture bird of death, in its black and viewless form. Hovered sure oer the clamors of his through all their dripping shrouds yelled the spirit of the storm !Bear a hand I Now out reefs ! brace the yards ! lively there ! O, no more to homeward breeze shall her swelling bosom spread,But loves expectant eye bid despair Set her raven watch eternal oer the wreck in oceans your tacks ! cheerly, boys ! But for them, T
. Ballads of bravery. ^^ BALLADS OF BRAVERY. 83 ¥a They who battled for the hapjDy, boys, and perished for the free? Clew, clew up, fore and aft! keep away!How the vulture bird of death, in its black and viewless form. Hovered sure oer the clamors of his through all their dripping shrouds yelled the spirit of the storm !Bear a hand I Now out reefs ! brace the yards ! lively there ! O, no more to homeward breeze shall her swelling bosom spread,But loves expectant eye bid despair Set her raven watch eternal oer the wreck in oceans your tacks ! cheerly, boys ! But for them, Their last evening gun is fired, their gales are overblown ;Oer their smoking deck no starry flag shall stream ; They 11 sail no more, they 11 fight no more, for their gallant ship sgone down. Bear a hand!. ?^- 84 BALLADS OF B R AVERY.
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