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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539562" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>An All-Night Sea Fight</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ye sons of Mars, come list to me,<br>And I will relate to ye<br>A great and heroic naval fight,<br>Which will fill your hearts with delight. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The fight was between the French Frigate "Pique" and the British Frigate "Blanche,"<br>But the British crew were bold and staunch;<br>And the battle was fought in West Indian waters in the year of 1795,<br>And for to gain the victory the French did nobly strive. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And on the morning of the 4th of January while cruising off Gadulope,<br>The look-out man from the foretop loudly spoke,<br>And cried, "Sail ahoy!" "Where away ?"<br>"On the lee bow, close in shore, sir," was answered without delay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then Captain Faulkner cried, "Clear the decks!"<br>And the French vessel with his eyeglass he inspects;<br>And he told his men to hoist the British flag,<br>And "prepare my heroes to pull down that French rag." </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the "Blanche" made sail and bore away<br>In the direction of the "Pique" without delay;<br>And Captain Fauikner cried, "Now, my lads, bear down on him,<br>And make ready quickly and begin." </div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was about midnight when the Frenchman hove in sight,<br>And could be seen distinctly in the starlight;<br>And for an hour and a half they fired away<br>Broadsides into each other without dismay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And with tne rapid flashes the Heavens were aflame,<br>As each volley from the roaring cannons came;<br>And the incessant roll of musketry was awful to hear,<br>As it broke over the silent sea and smote upon the ear. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The French vessel had nearly 400 men,<br>Her decks were literally crowded from stem to stern;<br>And the musketeers kept up a fierce fire on the " Blanche,"<br>But still the "Blanche" on them did advance. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the "Blanche's" crew without dismay<br>Fired a broadside into the "Pique" without delay,<br>Which raked her fore and aft, and knocked her to smash,<br>And the mizzen mast fell overboard with a terrible crash. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the Frenohmen rushed forward to board the "Blanche,"<br>But in doing so they had a very poor chance,<br>For the British Tars in courage didn't lack,<br>Because thrice in succession on their own deck they were driven back. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then "Brave, my lads!" Captain Faulkner loudly cries,<br>"Lash her bowsprit to our capstan, she's our prize";<br>And he seized some ropes to lash round his foe,<br>But a musket ball pierced his heart and laid him low. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then a yell of rage burst from the noble crew,<br>And near to his fallen body they drew;<br>And tears for his loss fell fast on the deck,<br>Their grief was so great their tears they conldn 't check. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The crew was very sorry for their captain's downfall,<br>But the sight didn't their brave hearts appall;<br>Because they fastened the ropes to the "Pique" at the capstan,<br>And the "Pique" was dragged after the "Blanche," the sight was grand. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yet the crew of the "Pique" maintained the fight,<br>Oh! most courageously they fought in the dead of night;<br>And for two hours they kept up firing without dismay,<br>But it was a sacrifice of human life, they had to give way. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And about five o'clock in the morning the French cried for quarter,<br>Because on board there had been a great slaughter;<br>Their Captain Consail was mortally wounded in the fight<br>Along with many officers and men; oh! it was a heartrending sight<br>To see the wounded and dead weltering in their gore<br>After the cannonading had ceased and the fighting was o'er.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Topaz+McGonagall">William Topaz McGonagall</a><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=539562" data-title="An All-Night Sea Fight de William Topaz McGonagall" data-description="Ye sons of Mars, come list to me, And I will relate to ye A great and heroic naval fight, Which will fill your hearts with delight. The fight was between the French Frigate "Pique" and the British Frigate "Blanche," But the B..."></div> </div> </div>
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