StoryTitle("caps", "The Captain's Daughter") ?>
Captain's Daughter," by James T. Fields (1816-81), carries weight
with every young audience. It is pointed to an end that children
love—viz., trust in a higher power.
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "We were crowded in the cabin,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Not a soul would dare to sleep,—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "It was midnight on the waters,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And a storm was on the deep.", "") ?>
PagePoem(24, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "'Tis a fearful thing in winter", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "To be shattered by the blast,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And to hear the rattling trumpet", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Thunder, \"Cut away the mast!\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So we shuddered there in silence,—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For the stoutest held his breath,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "While the hungry sea was roaring", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And the breakers talked with Death.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "As thus we sat in darkness,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Each one busy with his prayers,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "\"We are lost!\" the captain shouted", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "As he staggered down the stairs.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But his little daughter whispered,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "As she took his icy hand,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "\"Isn't God upon the ocean,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Just the same as on the land?\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then we kissed the little maiden.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And we spoke in better cheer,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And we anchored safe in harbour", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "When the morn was shining clear.", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("100", SmallCapsText("James T. Fields.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>