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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420376" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sweet William's Farewell to Black-ey'd Susan: A Ballad</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">1 All in the Downs the fleet was moor'd,<br>2 The streamers waving in the wind,<br>3 When black-ey'd Susan came aboard.<br>4 Oh! where shall I my true love find!<br>5 Tell me, ye jovial sailors, tell me true,<br>6 If my sweet William sails among the crew.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">7 William, who high upon the yard,<br>8 Rock'd with the billow to and fro,<br>9 Soon as her well-known voice he heard,<br>10 He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below:<br>11 The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands,<br>12 And, (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">13 So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air,<br>14 Shuts close his pinions to his breast,<br>15 (If, chance, his mate's shrill call he hear)<br>16 And drops at once into her nest.<br>17 The noblest captain in the British fleet,<br>18 Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">19 'O Susan, Susan, lovely dear,<br>20 My vows shall ever true remain;<br>21 Let me kiss off that falling tear,<br>22 We only part to meet again.<br>23 Change, as ye list, ye winds; my heart shall be<br>24 The faithful compass that still points to thee.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">25 'Believe not what the landmen say,<br>26 Who tempt with doubts thy constant mind:<br>27 They'll tell thee, sailors, when away,<br>28 In ev'ry port a mistress find.<br>29 Yes, yes, believe them when they tell thee so,<br>30 For thou art present wheresoe'er I go.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">31 'If to far India's coast we sail,<br>32 Thy eyes are seen in di'monds bright,<br>33 Thy breath is Afric's spicy gale,<br>34 Thy skin is ivory, so white.<br>35 Thus ev'ry beauteous object that I view,<br>36 Wakes in my soul some charm of lovely Sue.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">37 'Though battle call me from thy arms<br>38 Let not my pretty Susan mourn;<br>39 Though cannons roar, yet safe from harms,<br>40 William shall to his dear return.<br>41 Love turns aside the balls that round me fly,<br>42 Lest precious tears should drop from Susan's eye'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">43 The boatswain gave the dreadful word,<br>44 The sails their swelling bosom spread,<br>45 No longer must she stay aboard:<br>46 They kiss'd, she sigh'd, he hung his head.<br>47 Her less'ning boat, unwilling rows to land:<br>48 'Adieu', she cries! and wav'd her lily hand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Gay">John Gay</a><div class=q>
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2 The streamers waving in the wind,
3 When black-ey'd Susan came aboard.
4 Oh! where shall I my true love find!
5 Tell me, ye jovial sailors, tell me true,
6 If my sweet William sails among the crew.

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