The Republican journal., 1898-01-27
lacking Ship Off Shore.

boom quivers, and the waves with tn
coming squall- cloud blacken.
Open one point on the weather bow i
the lighthouse tall on Fire Island Head
there's shade of doubt on the captain
: brow and the pilot watches the heavin!
lead.
l stand by the wheel and with cage
, eye to sea and sky and to shore l gaze
> till the muttered order of Full and By!
is suddenly changed to Full for staysr'
The ship bends lower before the breeze
as her broadside fair to the blast she lays,
and she swifter springs to the rising seas
as the pilot calls ''Stand by for staysr'
; 1t is silence all, as each in his place,
with the gathered coils in his hardened
hands, by tack and bowline, by sheet and
brace, waiting the watch word impatient
stands.
And the light on Fire Island Head
) draws near. as, trumpet winged, the
pilots shouts from his post on the bow
SPIRITS heel l hear, with the welcome
call of Ready, about!'
No time to spare; it is touch an d go;
and the captain growls: ''Down helm,
hard DOWN. as my weight on the whirl-
ing spokes l threw while heaven grows
black with the storm clouds frown.
High DER the knight heads flies the
spray as we meet the shock of the plung-
ing sea, and my shoulder stiff to the
wheel l lay as l answer: Gay, ay, sir!
Hard a-leer'
With the swerving of startled steed,
the ship flies fast in the eye of the wind :;
the dangerous shoals on the lee recede and
the headland white we have left behind.
The topsails futter, the jibs collapse,
and belly and tug at the groaning cleats
the spanker slaps and the mainsail flaps
and the order thunders "Tacks and
sheetsr'
Mid the rattle of blocks and the
tramp of the crew Kisses the rain of the
rushing squall; the sails are aback from
clew to clew, and now is the moment for
"Mainsail, haulr'
And the heavy yards, like baby toy
by fifty strong arms are swiftly swung.
She holds her way, and | look with JOY
for the first white spray o er the bulwarks
flung.
'Let go and haul"' It's the last
command, and the headsails fill to the
blast once more. Astern and to leeward
lies the land with its breakers white on
the shining shore.
What matters the reef or the rain or the
squall? | steady the helm for the open
sea. The first mate clamors Delay there,
all ~ and the captain breath once more
comes free
And so off shore let the good ship fly:
little care | how the gusts may blow; in
my 70 castle bunk in a jacket dry, eight
bells have struck and my watch is below.
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10 said the enterprsing canvasser to the lad
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