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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539737" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Wreck of the Steamer Mohegan</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 terrible tale of the sea<br>Concerning the unfortunate steamer, Mohegan,<br>That against the Manacles Rocks, ran. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Twas on Friday, the 14th of October, in the year of ninety-eight,<br>Which alas! must have been a dreadful sight;<br>She sailed out of the river Thames on Thursday,<br>While the hearts of the passengers felt light and gay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And on board there were 133 passengers and crew,<br>And each one happier than another seemingly to view;<br>When suddenly the ship received some terrible shocks,<br>Until at last she ran against the Manacles Rocks. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dinner was just over when the shock took place,<br>Which caused fear to be depicted in every face;<br>Because the ship was ripped open, and the water rushed in,<br>It was most dreadful to hear, it much such a terrific din. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the cries of children and women did rend the air,<br>And in despair many of them tore their hair<br>As they clung to their babies in wild despair,<br>While some of them cried- 'Oh, God, do Thou my babies spare!' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The disaster occurred between seven and eight o'clock at night,<br>Which caused some of the passengers to faint with fright;<br>As she struck on the Manacles Rocks between Falmouth and Lizard Head,<br>Which filled many of the passengers' hearts with dread. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the scene that followed was awful to behold,<br>As the captain hurried to the bridge like a hero bold;<br>And the seamen rushed manfully to their posts,<br>While many of the passengers with fear looked as pale as ghosts. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the poor women and children were chilled to the heart,<br>And crying aloud for their husbands to come and take their part;<br>While the officers and crew did their duty manfully,<br>By launching the boats immediately into the sea. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then lifebelts were tied round the women and children<br>By the brave officers and gallant seamen;<br>While the storm fiend did laugh and angry did roar,<br>When he saw the boats filled with passengers going towards the shore. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">One of the boats, alas! unfortunately was swamped,<br>Which caused the officers and seamens' courage to be a little damped;<br>But they were thankful the other boats got safely away,<br>And tried hard to save the passengers without dismay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then a shriek of despair arose as the ship is sinking beneath the wave,<br>While some of the passengers cried to God their lives to save;<br>But the angry waves buffetted the breath out of them,<br>Alas, poor sickly children, also women and men. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh, heaven, it was most heartrending to see<br>A little girl crying and imploring most piteously,<br>For some one to save her as she didn't want to die,<br>But, alas, no one seemed to hear her agonizing cry. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">For God's sake, boys, get clear, if ye can,<br>Were the captain's last words spoken like a brave man;<br>Then he and the officers sank with the ship in the briny deep,<br>Oh what a pitiful sight, 'tis enough to make one weep. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh think of the passengers that have been tempest tossed,<br>Besides, 100 souls and more, that have been lost;<br>Also, think of the mariner while on the briny deep,<br>And pray to God to protect him at night before ye sleep.</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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I pray ye all to list to me,
And I'll relate a terrible tale of the sea
Concerning the unfortunate steamer, Mohegan,
That against the Manacles Rocks, ran. 

'Twas on Friday, the 14th of October, in the year of n..."></div>
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