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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539735" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Wreck of the Indian Chief</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Twas on the 8th of January 1881,<br>That a terrific gale along the English Channel ran,<br>And spread death and disaster in its train,<br>Whereby the &quot;Indian Chief&quot; vessel was tossed on the raging main. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">She was driven ashore on the Goodwin Sands,<br>And the good captain fearlessly issued hie commands,<br>&quot;Come, my men, try snd save the vessel, work with all your might,&quot;<br>Although the poor sailors on board were in a fearful plight. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They were expecting every minute her hull would give way,<br>And they, poor souls, felt stricken with dismay,<br>And the captain and some of the crew clung to the main masts,<br>Where they were exposed to the wind's cold blasts. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A fierce gale was blowing and the sea ran mountains high,<br>And the sailors on board heaved many a bitter sigh;<br>And in the teeth of the storm the lifeboat was rowed bravely<br>Towards the ship in distress, which was awful to see. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The ship was lifted high on the crest of a wave,<br>While the sailors tried hard their lives to save,<br>And implored God to save them from a watery grave,<br>And through fear eome of them began to rave. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The waves were miles long in length;<br>And the sailors had lost nearly all their strength,<br>By striving hard their lives to save,<br>From being drowned in the briny wave. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A ration of rum and a biscuit was served out to each man,<br>And the weary night passed, and then appeared the morning dawn;<br>And when the lifeboat hove in sight a sailor did shout,<br>&quot;Thank God, there's she at last without any doubt.&quot; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But, with weakness and the biting cold,<br>Several of fhe sailors let go their hold;<br>And, alas, fell into the yawning sea,<br>Poor souls! and were launched into eternity. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh, it was a most fearful plight,<br>For the poor sailors to be in the rigging all night;<br>While the storm fiend did laugh and roar,<br>And the big waves lashed the ship all o'er. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And as the lifeboat drew near,<br>The poor sailors raised a faint cheer;<br>And all the lifeboat men saw was a solitary mast,<br>And some sailors clinging to it, while the ahip was sinking fast. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Charles Tait, the coxswain of the lifeboat, was a skilful boatman,<br>And the bravery he and his crew displayed was really grand;<br>For his men were hardy and a very heroic set,<br>And for bravery their equals it would be hard to get. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But, thank God, out of twenty-nine eleven were saved,<br>Owing to the way the lifeboat men behaved;<br>And when they landed with the eleven wreckers at Ramsgate,<br>The people's joy was very great.</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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That a terrific gale along the English Channel ran,
And spread death and disaster in its train,
Whereby the &quot;Indian Chief&quot; vessel was tossed on the raging main. 

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