The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . Nixs Mate, in Boston Harbor, at low He must not float upon his watery bier,Unwept, and welter to the parching wind. *******Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise,Ay me! whilst thee the shores and sounding seasVVash far away. Milton. INTRODUCTION. The strongest sympathies and emotions of our nature arejustly called forth by the perilous adventures and unknownfate which so often befall * those who go down to the sea inships, and do business on the great waters. How man
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . Nixs Mate, in Boston Harbor, at low He must not float upon his watery bier,Unwept, and welter to the parching wind. *******Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise,Ay me! whilst thee the shores and sounding seasVVash far away. Milton. INTRODUCTION. The strongest sympathies and emotions of our nature arejustly called forth by the perilous adventures and unknownfate which so often befall * those who go down to the sea inships, and do business on the great waters. How manybreasts are daily agitated by the alternate throbs of hope andfear, as the Shipping News is read over for tidings of thevessel that has long been missing, and on board of which ahusband, brother, son, or some other loved one, has embarked!And, long, long after all probability that he will ever againbe heard from has ceased, hope, that balm of life, still cheersup the faint heart. Angel of life! thy glittering wings exploreEarths loneliest bounds, and oceans wildest * VI INTRODUCTION. And if the lost one was on a voyage to the Indies, or had
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