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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539665" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Burning of the Ship Kent</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Good people of high and low degree,<br>I pray ye all to list to me,<br>And I'll relate a harrowing tale of the sea<br>Concerning the burning of the ship &quot;Kent&quot; in the Bay of Biscay,<br>Which is the most appalling tale of the present century. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">She carried a crew, including officers, of 148 men,<br>And twenty lady passengers along with them;<br>Besides 344 men of the 31st Regiment,<br>And twenty officers with them, all seemingly content. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Also fhe soldiers' wives, which numbered forty-three,<br>And sixty-six children, a most beautiful sight to see;<br>And in the year of 1825, and on the 19th of February,<br>The ship &quot;Kent&quot; sailed from the Downs right speedily,<br>While the passengers' hearts felt light with glee. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the beautiful ship proceeded on her way to Bengal,<br>While the passengers were cheerful one and all;<br>And the sun shone out in brilliant array,<br>And on the evening of the 28th they entered the Bay of Biscay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But a gale from the south-west sprang up that night,<br>Which filled the passengers' hearts with fright;<br>And it continued to increase in violence as the night wore on,<br>Whilst the lady passengers looked very woe-begone. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Part of the cargo in the hold consisted of shot and shell,<br>And the vessel rolled heavily as the big billows rose and fell;<br>Then two sailors descended the forehold carrying a light,<br>To see if all below was safe and right. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And they discovered a spirit cask and the contents oozing rapidly,<br>And the man with the light stooped to examine it immediately;<br>And in doing so he dropped fhe lamp while in a state of amaze,<br>And, oh horror! in a minute the forehold was in a blaze. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was two o'clock in the morning when the accident took place,<br>And, alas! horror and fear was depicted in each face;<br>And the sailors tried hard to extinguish the flame,<br>But, oh Heaven! all their exertions proved in vain. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The inflammable matter rendered their efforts of no avail,<br>And the brave sailors with over-exertion looked very pale;<br>And for hours in the darkness they tried to check the fire,<br>But the flames still mounted higher and higher. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But Captain Cobb resolved on a last desperate experiment,<br>Because he saw the ship was doomed, and he felt discontent;<br>Then he raised the alarm that the ship was on fire,<br>Then the paesengers quickly from their beds did retire. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And women and children rushed to the deck in wild despair,<br>And, paralyeed with terror, many women tore theu hair;<br>And some prayed to God for help, and wildly did screech,<br>But, alas! poor souls, help was not within their reach. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Still the gale blew hard, and the waves ran mountains high,<br>While men, women, and children bitterly did cry<br>To God to save them from the merciless fire;<br>But the flames rose higher and higher. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And when the passengers had lost all hope, and in great dismay,<br>The look-out man shouted, &quot;Ho! a sail coming this way&quot;;<br>Then every heart felt light and gay,<br>And signals of distress were hoisted without delay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the vessel came to their rescue, commanded by Captain Cook,<br>And he gazed upon the burning ship with a pitiful look;<br>She proved to be the brig &quot;Cambria,&quot; bound for Vera Cruz,<br>Then the captain cried, &quot;Men, save all ye can, there's no time to lose.&quot; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the sailors of the &quot;Cambria&quot; wrought with might and main,<br>While the sea spray fell on them like heavy rain;<br>First the women and children were transferred from the &quot;Kent&quot;<br>By boats, ropes, and tackle without a single accident. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But, alas! the fire had reached the powder magszine,<br>Then followed an explosion, oh! what a fesrful scene;<br>But the exploslon was witnessed by Captain Babby of the ship &quot;Carline,&quot;<br>Who most fortunately arrived in the nick of time. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And fourteen additional human beings were saved from the &quot;Kent,&quot;<br>And they thanked Captain Babby and God, who to them succour sent,<br>And had saved them from being burnt, and drowned in the briny deep;<br>And they felt so overjoyed that some of them did weep;<br>And in the first port in England they landed without delay,<br>And when their feet touched English soil their hearts felt gay.</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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And I'll relate a harrowing tale of the sea
Concerning the burning of the ship &quot;Kent&quot; in the Bay of Biscay,
Which is the most appalling tale of the present century. 

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