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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538933" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Captain Reece</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Of all the ships upon the blue,<br>No ship contained a better crew<br>Than that of worthy CAPTAIN REECE,<br>Commanding of THE MANTELPIECE.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was adored by all his men,<br>For worthy CAPTAIN REECE, R.N.,<br>Did all that lay within him to<br>Promote the comfort of his crew.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If ever they were dull or sad,<br>Their captain danced to them like mad,<br>Or told, to make the time pass by,<br>Droll legends of his infancy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A feather bed had every man,<br>Warm slippers and hot-water can,<br>Brown windsor from the captain's store,<br>A valet, too, to every four.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Did they with thirst in summer burn,<br>Lo, seltzogenes at every turn,<br>And on all very sultry days<br>Cream ices handed round on trays.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then currant wine and ginger pops<br>Stood handily on all the &quot;tops;&quot;<br>And also, with amusement rife,<br>A &quot;Zoetrope, or Wheel of Life.&quot;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">New volumes came across the sea<br>From MISTER MUDIE'S libraree;<br>THE TIMES and SATURDAY REVIEW<br>Beguiled the leisure of the crew.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Kind-hearted CAPTAIN REECE, R.N.,<br>Was quite devoted to his men;<br>In point of fact, good CAPTAIN REECE<br>Beatified THE MANTELPIECE.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One summer eve, at half-past ten,<br>He said (addressing all his men):<br>&quot;Come, tell me, please, what I can do<br>To please and gratify my crew.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">&quot;By any reasonable plan<br>I'll make you happy if I can;<br>My own convenience count as NIL:<br>It is my duty, and I will.&quot;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then up and answered WILLIAM LEE<br>(The kindly captain's coxswain he,<br>A nervous, shy, low-spoken man),<br>He cleared his throat and thus began:</div><div style="margin:10px 0">&quot;You have a daughter, CAPTAIN REECE,<br>Ten female cousins and a niece,<br>A Ma, if what I'm told is true,<br>Six sisters, and an aunt or two.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">&quot;Now, somehow, sir, it seems to me,<br>More friendly-like we all should be,<br>If you united of 'em to<br>Unmarried members of the crew.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">&quot;If you'd ameliorate our life,<br>Let each select from them a wife;<br>And as for nervous me, old pal,<br>Give me your own enchanting gal!&quot;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Good CAPTAIN REECE, that worthy man,<br>Debated on his coxswain's plan:<br>&quot;I quite agree,&quot; he said, &quot;O BILL;<br>It is my duty, and I will.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">&quot;My daughter, that enchanting gurl,<br>Has just been promised to an Earl,<br>And all my other familee<br>To peers of various degree.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">&quot;But what are dukes and viscounts to<br>The happiness of all my crew?<br>The word I gave you I'll fulfil;<br>It is my duty, and I will.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">&quot;As you desire it shall befall,<br>I'll settle thousands on you all,<br>And I shall be, despite my hoard,<br>The only bachelor on board.&quot;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The boatswain of THE MANTELPIECE,<br>He blushed and spoke to CAPTAIN REECE:<br>&quot;I beg your honour's leave,&quot; he said;<br>&quot;If you would wish to go and wed,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">&quot;I have a widowed mother who<br>Would be the very thing for you -<br>She long has loved you from afar:<br>She washes for you, CAPTAIN R.&quot;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Captain saw the dame that day -<br>Addressed her in his playful way -<br>&quot;And did it want a wedding ring?<br>It was a tempting ickle sing!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">&quot;Well, well, the chaplain I will seek,<br>We'll all be married this day week<br>At yonder church upon the hill;<br>It is my duty, and I will!&quot;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The sisters, cousins, aunts, and niece,<br>And widowed Ma of CAPTAIN REECE,<br>Attended there as they were bid;<br>It was their duty, and they did.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Schwenck+Gilbert">William Schwenck Gilbert</a><div class=q>
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