THE FISHER BOY.
Let us go upon the beacV When the sun brings up the day ; Where the tide will never reach, We may always safely stay. We can watch the fishing-boats Launch upon the restless sea ; Buoyantly each vessel floats, • lake a heart frqm sorrow free. How the sea-birds flap the wave, With their strong, untiring wings ! In the foam their breasts they lave, With their glee the blithe air rings. There's a boat about to start ; It is rocking to and fro : Sails are tight, the breeze is smart, And impatient 'tis to go. See the mother and her son i Standing by it on the shore ; j One short minute — only one ! For they might meet never more. Never more ! nay, they shall meet Where grim death can never come, Where the storm no more shall beat, In the happy haven-home. " Come you loiter, Jack ahoy ! Do you call that being brave ?'? In a trice the Fisher Boy Bides the foaming, bounding wave.
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Southland Times, Issue 586, 2 November 1866, Page 2
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166THE FISHER BOY. Southland Times, Issue 586, 2 November 1866, Page 2
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