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A legendary traveller Ravi Panamanna	He was within his past and boatswain’s numberless...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Nautical Ballad Charles Edward Carryl	'The boatswain's mate was very sedate, Yet fond of amusement, too; And he played hop-scotch with the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Captain Reece William Schwenck Gilbert	"...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage - Canto The Second. George Gordon Byron	Hark to the boatswain's call, the cheering cry, While through the seaman's hand the tackle glides Or...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Elegy XX. He Compares His Humble Fortune With the Distress of Others William Shenstone	Ere the shrill boatswain gave the hated sign; He dropp'd a tear unseen into the flood; He stole one secret moment,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Epitaph to a Dog George Gordon Byron	but a just tribute to the Memory of BOATSWAIN, a DOG, who was born in Newfoundland May 1803 and died at Newstead...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Faithless Sally Brown Thomas Hood	The Boatswain swore with wicked words, Enough to shock a saint, That though she did seem in a...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Night, the Elixir Ravi Panamanna	Boatswain makes his last...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Sailor's Yarn, A James Jeffrey Roche	To his mate in the mizzen hatch, While the boatswain bold, in the forward hold, Was winding the larboard...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Sweet William's Farewell to Black-ey'd Susan: A Ballad John Gay	43 The boatswain gave the dreadful word, 44 The sails their swelling bosom spread, 45 No longer must...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. The Musician's Tale; The Ballad of Carmilhan - IV. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	Or clambering up the shrouds; The boatswain's whistle, the captain's hail, Were like the piping of the gale, And thunder in the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Boatswain’s Song Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton	) They'd ha' liked to see me Boatswain, The Betsey's gallant...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Merchant Ship Henry Kendall	Away for the land on her lee; And the boatswain’s shrill whistle resounding Came over and over the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Walloping Window Blind Charles Edward Carryl	The boatswain's mate was very sedate, Yet fond of amusement too; And he played hopscotch with the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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