Ontario Readers Third Book, The

<h2><SPAN name="Wet" id="Wet"></SPAN>A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span>A wet sheet and a flowing sea,<br/></span> <span class="i1">A wind that follows fast,<br/></span> <span>And fills the white and rustling sail,<br/></span> <span class="i1">And bends the gallant mast;<br/></span> <span>And bends the gallant mast, my boys,<br/></span> <span class="i1">While, like the eagle free,<br/></span> <span>Away the good ship flies, and leaves<br/></span> <span class="i1">Old England on the lee!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>"O for a soft and gentle wind!"<br/></span> <span class="i1">I heard a fair one cry;<br/></span> <span>But give to me the snoring breeze<br/></span> <span class="i1">And white waves heaving high;<br/></span> <span>And white waves heaving high, my boys,<br/></span> <span class="i1">The good ship tight and free,&mdash;<br/></span> <span>The world of waters is our home,<br/></span> <span class="i1">And merry men are we.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>There's tempest in yon horn&egrave;d moon,<br/></span> <span class="i1">And lightning in yon cloud;<br/></span> <span>And hark the music, mariners,<br/></span> <span class="i1">The wind is piping loud!<br/></span> <span>The wind is piping loud, my boys,<br/></span> <span class="i1">The lightning flashes free,&mdash;<br/></span> <span>While the hollow oak our palace is,<br/></span> <span class="i1">Our heritage the sea.<br/></span></div> </div> <p class="citation"><span class="smcap">Allan Cunningham</span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />