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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539584" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Bill Bowls the Sailor</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Twas about the beginning of the present century,<br>Bill Bowls was pressed, and sent to sea;<br>And conveyed on board the Waterwitch without delay,<br>Scarce getting time to bid farewell to the villagers of Fairway · </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And once on board the &quot;Waterwitch,&quot; he resolved to do his duty,<br>And God willing, he'd marry Nelly Blyth, the village beauty;<br>And he'd fight for Old England, like a jolly British tar,<br>But he'd think of Nelly Blyth during the war. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poor fellow little imagined what he had to go through,<br>But in ail his trials at sea, he never did rue;<br>No; the brave tar became reconciled to his fate,<br>And he felt proud of his commander, Captain Ward the great. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And on board the &quot;Waterwitch&quot; was Tom Riggles, his old comrade,<br>And with such a one as Tom Riggles he seldom felt afraid,<br>Because the stories they told on board made the time fly away,<br>And made the hearts of their messmates feel light and gay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Twas on a sunny morning, and clear to the view,<br>Captain Ward the close attention of his men he drew:<br>Look ! he cried, there's two Frenchmen of war on our right,<br>Therefore, prepare my men immediately to commence the fight. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the &quot;Waterwitch&quot; was steered to the ship most near,<br>While every man resolved to sell his life most dear;<br>But the French commander, disinclined to commence the fight,<br>Ordered his men to put on a press of canvas and take to flight. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But Captain Ward quickly gave the order to fire,<br>Then Bill Bowls cried, Now we'll get fighting to our heart's desire!<br>And for an hour and more a running fight was maintained,<br>Until the two ships of the enemy near upon the &quot;Waterwitch&quot; gained. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Captain Ward walked the deck with a firm tread,<br>When a shot from the enemy pierced the ship's side above his head;<br>And with a splinter Bill Bowls was wounded on the left arm,<br>And he cried, Death to the frog-eaters! they have done me little harm. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then Captain Ward cried, Fear not, we will win the day,<br>Now, courage my men, pour in broadsides without delay;<br>Then they sailed round the &quot;St. Denis&quot; and the &quot;Gloire,&quot;<br>And in at their cabin windows they poured a deadly fire. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The effect on the two ships was fearful to behold,<br>But still the Frenchmen stuck to their guns with courage, be it told;<br>And the crash and din of artillery was deafening to the ear,<br>And the cries of the wounded men on deck were pitiful to hear. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then Captain Ward to his men did say,<br>We must board these French ships without dismay;<br>Then he seized his cutlass, ashe fearlessly spoke,<br>And jumped on board the &quot;St. Denis&quot; in the midst of the smoke. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then Bill Bowls and Tom Riggles quickly followed him,<br>Then hand to hand the battle in earnest did begin;<br>And the men sprang upon their foes and beat them back,<br>And they hauled down their colours, and hoisted the Union Jack. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But the men on board the &quot;St. Denis&quot; fought desperately hard,<br>But, alas! as the &quot;St Denis&quot; was captured, a ball struck Captain Ward<br>Right on the forehead, and he fell dead with a groan,<br>And for the death of Captain Ward the sailors did cry and moan. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the first lieutenant, who was standing by,<br>Loudly to the men did cry:<br>Come men, and carry your noble commander to his cabin below,<br>But there is one consolation, we have beaten the foe. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And thus fell Captain Ward in the prime of his life,<br>And I hope he is now in the better land, free from strife:<br>But, alas! 'tis sad to think he was buried in the mighty deep,<br>Where too many of our brave seamen do silently sleep. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The &quot;St. Denis&quot; and the &quot;Gloire&quot; were towed to Gibraltar, the nearest port,<br>But by capturing of them, they felt but little sport,<br>Because, for the loss of Captain Ward, the men felt woebegone,<br>Because in bravery, they said, he was next to Admiral Nelson.</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>
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Bill Bowls was pressed, and sent to sea;
And conveyed on board the Waterwitch without delay,
Scarce getting time to bid farewell to the villagers of Fairway · 

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