. Old shipping days in Boston. g. O fair she was to look on, as some spirit of the sea, When she raced from China, homeward, with her freight of fragrant tea, And the shining swift bonito of the wide-winged albatross Claimed kinship with the clipper beneath the Southern Cross. Close hauled, with shortened canvas, swift and plunging she could sweepThrough the gale that rose to bar her wild pathway on the deep;And before the gale blew over, half her drenched and driven the tune of Reuben Ranzo, hoisted topsail yards anew. From the haven of the present she has cleared and slipped
. Old shipping days in Boston. g. O fair she was to look on, as some spirit of the sea, When she raced from China, homeward, with her freight of fragrant tea, And the shining swift bonito of the wide-winged albatross Claimed kinship with the clipper beneath the Southern Cross. Close hauled, with shortened canvas, swift and plunging she could sweepThrough the gale that rose to bar her wild pathway on the deep;And before the gale blew over, half her drenched and driven the tune of Reuben Ranzo, hoisted topsail yards anew. From the haven of the present she has cleared and slipped deep and running free for the port of yesterday,And the cargo that she carried, ah! it was not China took with her all the glamour and romance of life at sea. K. Tardif. THE LIFE OF THE FOREIGN MERCHANT IN CHINA Every American who has ever been a merchant in China speakswith great affection of his life there, and regrets that the old days havegone by. The same life goes on, however, although conditions are D- I—I. -, Kg
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