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THE SAILOR'S GRAVE
The following poem was quoted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in a speech delivered at Elgin shortly after the loss of the Captain. From the beauty of the lines they have frequently been referred to since and attributed to different composers : There is, on the lone, lone sea, A spot unmarked, but holy ; Eor 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 salt waves dashing o'er him. He sleeps serene and safe From 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 broad blue sky above thee spread, The boundless ocean round thee. No foot profane treads here, No vulgar hand shall move thee j But gallant barks shall- proudly steer, And warriors shout abeve the©.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 47, 16 December 1871, Page 17
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191Select Poetry. New Zealand Mail, Issue 47, 16 December 1871, Page 17
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