THE SAILOR FRIENDS.
Two sailors, wounded and dying, 'Neath the thwarts of the long boat lay, While miaute by minute flying Bore swiftly their lives away. -" For the one Death's call hath sounded, And gliding like uhip from land O'er the stream, at last he's grounded . On the everlasting strand. Then to the deep his companions, 'Mid the pouring of shot and shell, Commit the earthly dwelling place Of their comrade loved right well. The other lying by his side Heard his friend draw his parting breath. And cried, "Will, wait another tide, I want to sail with you In death, " But I shan't be long behind you, 'Came the tide's begun to flow, An' I'm certain soon to find you When the pilot takes me in tow." Then his words grow faint, and slowly, Surely flees his fading breath, And his bark is grounded wholly On the shad'wy shore of death. -P. J. H.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1928, 2 November 1888, Page 29
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155THE SAILOR FRIENDS. Otago Witness, Issue 1928, 2 November 1888, Page 29
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