THE FISHERS OF GLOUCESTER TOWN.
T|tUrJ;y-four fishers of Gloucester town Last year in the angry teas went- down ; We read of them lost, iv a line or 10, Nor stop to think of the widow* woe, ; '' , Nor the orphan/s-sigh ' l For the brave who die . r Afnr at se* when the storm is higb. Thirty-four ealUnti of Gloucester town, fellows of no renown ; But widows ten, and orphans » soore, Watch and wait for the thirty-four, And mothers weep O'er babes that sleep, . To the doeful dirge of the cradled deep. 8011, billows, roll, with roar and frown, Over the fishers of Gloucester town ! Others will seek thee who foam and fret ; The orphan mendeth his father's net, And he looks afar O'er the angry bar, Where the glossy backs of the dolphins »re. — T. C. Harbaugh in Youth's Companion.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2149, 17 April 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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139THE FISHERS OF GLOUCESTER TOWN. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2149, 17 April 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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