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THE SAILOR'S GRAVE.
Tjie following poem was quoted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in a speech delivered at Elgiu shortly after the loss of the Captain. There is, on the lone, lone sea, A spot unmarked, but holy > For there the gallant and the free In his ocean bed lies lowly. Down, down, beneath the deep, Which oft; in triumph bore him, He sleeps a calm and peaceful sleep, With the *alt waves dashing o'er him. He sleeps serene and safe Erom tempest and from billow; The storms that high above him chafe Scarce rock his peaceful pillow. The sea and him, in death, They did not dare to sever— It was his home when he had breath, 'lis now his home for ever. Sleep on thou mighty dead, A glorious tomb they've found thee— The brotid blue sky above thee spread The boundless ocean round thee.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1229, 23 January 1872, Page 2
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150Select Poetry. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1229, 23 January 1872, Page 2
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