StoryTitle("caps", "Romance") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I saw a ship a-sailing, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "A-sailing on the sea; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Her masts were of the shining gold, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Her deck of ivory;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And sails of silk, as soft as milk, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And silvern shrouds had she. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And round about her sailing, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "The sea was sparkling white, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The waves all clapped their hands and sang ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "To see so fair a sight.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They kissed her twice, they kissed her thrice, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And murmured with delight.", "") ?>
PagePoem(12, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then came the gallant captain, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And stood upon the deck;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "In velvet coat, and ruffles white, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Without a spot or speck;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And diamond rings, and triple strings ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Of pearls around his neck.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And four-and-twenty sailors ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Were round him bowing low; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "On every jacket three times three ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Gold buttons in a row;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And cutlasses down to their knees ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "They made a goodly show. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And then the ship went sailing, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "A-sailing o'er the sea;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She dived beyond the setting sun, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "But never back came she,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For she found the lands of the golden sands, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Where the pearls and diamonds be. ", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", SmallCapsText("—Gabriel Setoun.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
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