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Show I,, i ALEO YEATON'S SON. THOMAS 11A1I.F.V AI.DItlCH. Tho wind It walleJ, the wind It moaned, And tho whlto caps Decked the ca; "An t would to (lotl."ttio skipper groaned, "I had not my boy vtllh mo." Snug In tho atern ahenta, little John Laughed ua tho akud swept by; llut tho skipper's aunburut check groiv wan Aa ho watched tho wicked aky. "Would that ho wcro at his mother's aldol" And tho skipper's cyos were dim. "flood Lord In Ileavon, If ill betide, What would become of hlin I For mo my muscles araas steel, For mo let hap what may; I might innko shift upon thq keel Until tho break of day. ''Hut ho, ho Is so weak and small, So young, scarco lotirned to stand O pitying Kathor of us all, ' I trust him to Thy baud I "For thou, who markest from on high A sparrow's fall-each ono! buroly, O Lord, thou'll Imvo an oyo On Aloa Yoaton'a ton!" Then, holm hard port, right straight ho ssled Toward tho headland light; Tho wind It moaned, tho wind It wallod, And black, black fell tho night, Then burst a storm to mako ono nuatl Though housed from wind nnd waves- They who could tell about that galo Must rlso from watery gruvos. Sudden ltcamo, as suddon It went; Kro half the night was spod, Tho winds woro hushod, tbo wavos wcro spent, And toe stars shono overhead. Now, as tho morning mist grow thin, Tho folk on Glouecator ahoro Saw a llttlo figure floating In Socuro ,on a broken oar 1 Un rose tho cry, VJA wreck I a wrock ! Villi, mates, and-waato no breath" They know It, though 'twaa but a apock Upon tbo edgo of death I Long did thoy marvel In tho town At (Jod his atrango decree. That let the stalwart skipper drown, And tho llttlo child go f roo I Gloucester, August, 1720. |