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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=510534" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Shipwrecked</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When at Crete a gentle south wind began to blow <br>We weighed anchor deciding it was time to go <br>But a wind began to blow of hurricane force <br>A 'Northeaster' sprang up and blew us way off course </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then giving way to the strong wind we sailed along <br>And we passed ropes under the ship to make it strong <br>But because we feared the ship would soon run aground <br>We cast overboard the cargo that could be found </div><div style="margin:10px 0">No sun or stars shone during any night or day <br>And the storm just kept raging on to our dismay <br>So awful was the great tempest that we had braved <br>We had given up hope of ever being saved </div><div style="margin:10px 0">After fourteen nights in the Adriatic Sea <br>We took soundings to find out where the land could be <br>And measuring fifteen fathoms began to fear <br>That we'd be dashed against the rocks and disappear </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So four anchors were dropped as we all prayed for day <br>But some of the sailors began to sneak away <br>They were lowering the lifeboat into the sea <br>But the soldiers slashed the ropes to let it go free </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then an angel appeared to me during the night <br>And told me that all those on board would be alright <br>That no-one would lose even a hair from their head <br>So we all gave thanks together and broke some bread </div><div style="margin:10px 0">All two hundred and seventy six ate their fill <br>And threw the rest of the grain overboard until <br>At dawn daylight came to everyone's delight <br>And we were so relieved to see land in our sight </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But when sailing to the shore a sandbank was struck <br>And to our great dismay we became firmly stuck <br>Cutting loose the anchors which sank into the sea <br>But the bow was wedged firm and could not be worked free </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Let us kill all the prisoners' the soldiers said <br>Praise God the centurion did not want me dead <br>So those that could swim were told to jump overboard <br>All the rest floated ashore on pieces of wood<br> <br>Crew and passengers made it safely to the shore <br>And were so thankful to be safe on land once more <br>So log fires were lit and we were soon warmed and dried <br>Everyone had been saved and none had died</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Royston">Royston</a><div class=q>
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We weighed anchor deciding it was time to go 
But a wind began to blow of hurricane force 
A 'Northeaster' sprang up and blew us way off course 

Then giving way to the strong wind we sailed along 
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