The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-11-19
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THE WHITE SQUALL.

THE WHITE SQUALL
On deck beneath the awning,
dozing lay and yawningi
IA was the gray Of dawnins'
Ere vet the sun arose
And above the fuunefs roarilg'
And The htful winds deplorins,
/ heard the cabin snoring
with universal nose. -.,.
I conld hear the passengers snorIlng-
i envied their disp0rtlhg-
Vainly was oourtng
The pleasure ofS doze.
Co tlav and wondered why light
Csr,a nd and watched the twilight
And me glimmer Of the skylight,
That shot across the deck
and the binnaele pale and steady,
And me duh glimpse Of the deed-eye,
And the sparks In the fiery eddy
THAT whlrled from the chimney neck
In our lOvial floating prison
There WIS sleep from fore 70 miA1ehi
And never a star had risen
The hazy sky 10 speeA.
strange company we harbofed
we'd hundred Jews 70 larb0aIu,
Irn,yashed uncOmbed, unbarbered-
Jews black, and brown, and gray
with terror Il would seize ye,
And make your souls uneasy
M zee those Rabbls greasy 49,,
Who aid nought but scratch ana pray
Their dirty children puking-
Their dirty saucepans COOKING
Their dirty fingers hooking
Their swarming tieas away
No s,srhoard Turks and Greeks were
Wbiskered and brown their cheeks were
Enormous wide their breeks were
Their pipes did puff away
Each on his mat allotted
In Silence smoked and squated
WbIIst rnund their children trotted
In pretty, pleasant play,
He can't but smile who traces
The SMILES on those brown faces
And the pretty, prattling graces
Ofthose small heathens gay
And IN the hours kept tOlling-
And through the ocean rolling
Went the brave Iberia bowling
Before the break Of day
When a squsll upon sudden
Game DER the waters seuddlngi
And the clouds began 70 gamer,
Hnd the sea was lashed TO lather,
IA the Ioyering thunder grumbled
And he lightning jumped and tumbled'
And the ship and all the ocean,
Woke M In wild eOmmouon:
Then the wind set up howllng'
And the poodle dog yOwllns,
And the cocks began a GROWING,
And the old COW raised lowing
49, a 10. NaF nQgt hInWlnWs
And fowls and geese did caekiei
And the oOrdage and the Jackie
Began TO shrek and orackle .,.
And the spray dashed DER the iunnesi
And down the deck in runnes
aud the rushing waters soaked all,
Irnn the seamen In the TO kskal
r. tba stokerS. whose black iacess
peered ont of their bed-placesI
Ana the captain he was bawling,
And Inc sailors pulling, haullng'
And the aurrter-deck tarpauling
WAS shiyered In the squalllngi
And the passengers awaken
Most pilifully shaken ., ,,os,ons
And the steward jumps up ana hAs'ens
For the necessary basins,
Then the Greeks they groaned ana 9ulvel1e' 9r.e1
And they knelt and mOaned anu shlNeIeu'
As me piungiug waters met them
And SMASHED and oyerset them
And they called IN their emergemVe
iinon countless saints and virgins
0pd their marrowbOnes are bended,
And they think the world Is ended
And the Turkish women iorard
Were frightened and behorr0red,
And shrleking and bewilderlng,
The mothers olutched their children
The men sang allah! lllah!
Mashallah Bismillah! ,,
AZ ne warning waters dOuSed them,
Ana Smashed them and sOused them
And tbey called upon the prophet,
And thought but little oil H.
Then all the ileas in yewIy
Jumped up and bit like FURY
And the progeny OF jacob
Md on the main deck wBke up,
Il wot those greasy Rabbins
Would never pay for cabins
And each man mOaned ana laDDeIeu lh
his filthy Jewish gabardine'
In woe and lamentatOnl
And bowling CONSERVATION.
And the splashing water drenches
Their dirty brats and wencheS
And they crawl from bale and benches'
In A hundred thousand stenches.
This was the white squall famous,
which latterly O'erCame us,
And which all will remember
ON II e 2Sth September
When A Prussian captain OF lancen
iThose tight-laCed whiskered prancersJ
Game on the deck astonisned
Nv that wild squall admonshed,
And wondering cried, "POtz tausend,
Wie ist der Sturm ietZt brausendy
And looked at Captain Lewis
Who calmly stood and blew his
Cigarin all the hustle,
And scorned the tempests tussle
And oft we've thought thereafter
How he beat the storm 70 lauBhleri
For well he knew his vessel
with that vain wind could wresuei
And when a wreck we thought her,
And doomed ourselves to slaughter
How gaily he fought her ,,,
And through the hubbub brought her.
And as the tempest caught her. a.,
Cried. George, some brandy ana WaIef!
And when, its force expended,
THE harmless storm was ended
And as the sunrise splendid
Came blushlning DER the sea-
Thought, as day was breaking,
NV little girls were waking
And smiling, and making
PRAYER at home for me.
-HTlidm Adbepedee Thocksrdi