StoryTitle("caps", "A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(20, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A wet sheet and a flowing sea, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A wind that follows fast,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And fills the white and rustling sail, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And bends the gallant mast;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And bends the gallant mast, my boys, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "While, like the eagle free,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Away the good ship flies, and leaves ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Old England on the lee.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"O for a soft and gentle wind!\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I heard a fair one cry;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But give to me the snoring breeze, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And white waves heaving high; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And white waves heaving high, my boys, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The good ship tight and free —", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The world of waters is our home, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And merry men are we.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "There's tempest in yon hornèd moon, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And lightning in yon cloud;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But hark the music, mariners—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The wind is piping loud;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The wind is piping loud, my boys, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The lightning flashes free—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "While the hollow oak our palace is, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Our heritage the sea.", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", SmallCapsText("—Allan Cunningham.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>