<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=115335" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>To Captain West, of the Steamer Atlantic</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The gathering clouds around us lower,<br> The tempest wildly raves,<br> But fearlessly our noble ship<br> The angry ocean braves,<br> And buoyant as a sea-bird rides<br> The crested mountain waves.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> The gale, the storm, the night may come,<br> No fear disturbs the breast;<br> Our ship is strong,---our Captain brave,---<br> And we securely rest.<br> Long life to him and all his Line!<br> Health to the gallant West!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Pilgrims to many lands are we,<br> And now our travel o'er<br> Once more beneath the Stars and Stripes<br> We near our native shore;<br> And since we parted from it last<br> Who does not love it more?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Adieu, new friends and old, adieu!<br> May every wandering breeze<br> That meets you on the Voyage of Life<br> Be far less rude than these<br> That our good ship has met so well<br> Upon the wintry seas.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Anne+Lynch+Botta">Anne Lynch Botta</a> from <i>Poems</i><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=115335" data-title="To Captain West, of the Steamer Atlantic de Anne Lynch Botta" data-description="The gathering clouds around us lower,/ The tempest wildly raves,/ But fearlessly our noble ship/ The angry ocean braves,/ And buoyant as a sea-bird rides/ The crested mountain waves./ The gale, the storm, the night may come,/ No fear distur..."></div> </div> </div>

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