Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-07-13
FOR the DAILY REPUBLICAN,
REVIEW OFF COMFY ISLAND.
Who Is the Man to steer the Ship of
State?

Who is the man in this dark hour
10 rise and by his IN In hty power
The surging pillows CALI?
unless these monstrous waves sbate
They soon will swamp our ship of state
On Jerseys drifting sand.
On Coney Islands sea-girt shore
We cannot trust our ship no more.
Unless we change our crew;
We need pilot at the wheel.
A captain with heart OF steel.
And sailors tried and true.
There's BREAKERS now on either hand.
We're drifting broadside on the strand.
with Cochran at the wheel.
capt. Holcomb' lett tho quarter.deck,
(Io save himself in case OF wreck
To Osborne doth appeal.
Swing OFT the life boat, quick. says he:
And life.p-eservers got for me,
10 gird myself around.
Upon the pier this moment stand
Ben Biggs and Sewell, hand 10 hand
With Lore, on solid ground.
Whilst We, with Bayard and Gray asleep,
Arc laundering In the mighty deep,
with Cochran at the wheel,
Ned's working hard. with trembling hand
10 head the ship ssfe into land;
She shakes from deck to keel.
What's that hear from of the shore?
(Of laughter there's a perfect roar,
whilst Sewell loud doth squeal:
you fellows better take O tow,
Or TO the bottom you will NO
with Cochran at the wheel.
Another craft near by SOY.
She rides the billows mountain high.
Though small OF deck and keel;
She has rugged, sun burnt crew,
(Ihough small In numbers) tried and true.
With Herbert at the wheel.
RIIl affara,l ~ ~, l. O..
III they with him would make a trade
And let him man the wheel.
Inis made Nod mad; he answered Mol
That he would Biggs and Herbert show
lie could s,orn their appeal.
Bill smiled and waved kind adieu.
And said, Then paddle your own canoe. ~
with Cochran NJ the wheel.
Sewell and Ben sto d on the pier
And viewed the little craft draw near.
With herbert at the wheel.
She rounded s,fely At the p.4r
whist all tina crew die loudly cheer,
With Herbert At The wheel
Charley and Ben and Seweil, too,
Shook hands with all the brawny crew,
And herbert at the wheel.
Ben's flowing locks aud Charleys smile.
And Sewell's bland and suaye style.
OF welcome given Bill,
Nerved Ned to try, with al his might,
10 steer his houndering ship Alright,
That he his crew might thrill.
But all in vain; she fiounced around.
Inc wind died out-she's fast aground,
With 20 hran at the wheel
Next day she fioated with the tide
Down to Atlantic City's side,
With Cochran at the wheel.
Where at the present time she lay
Safe anchored up at Ashland bay,
With no one a! the wheel.
Ned has found out kid-glove crew
Alone, upon ship won't do
Whilst he Is at the wheel.
He says his captain and his mate
Are gentlemen, learned and seda.e,
with neat polished crew.
But he now sees he needs mate
And crew net polished or elite,
But strong, and bold, and true.
just look, said he, at Herbert's boet,
Scarce large enough her crew to float,
HIDE proudly Ger the wAves;
Whilst IL It had not been for me
Ours would have sunk bsneath the sea
And made ours watery graves.
Herbert must have for mate,
To help me steer the ship OF state,
No matter what IL cost;
For II don I. plainly see.
That Charley, Sewell and Ben b.
VIII cause IL to be lost.
.hy plAub bfo lRlO; Tor TOUR years more
Farewell to Sewell Ben and Lore;
I'm bound tc man the wheel
Win Heroe secured as my mate
Wen safely land the ship OF state,
With Cochran at the wheel.
My uniform 1t shall be Gray,
And l will all the kickers clay
Wills. l command the wheel.
Lot Charley smile, and bnny rave,
Eli and Sewell crouch and crave
In vain. whilst am at the wheel.
-RoBlE Hoop.