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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539739" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Wreck of the Steamer Storm Queen</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ye landsmen, all pray list to me,<br>While I relate a terrible tale of the sea,<br>Concerning the screw steamer &quot;Storm Queen&quot;<br>Which was wrecked, alas! a most heast-rending scene. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">From Sebastopol, with a cargo of grain, she was on her way,<br>And soon after entering the Bay of Biscay,<br>On the 21st of December, they experienced a fearful storm<br>Such as they never experienced since they were born. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The merciless sea was running mountains high,<br>And to save themselves from a watery grave manfully they did try;<br>But the vessel became unmanageable, but still they worked away,<br>And managed to launch two small boats without dismay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They wrought most manfully and behaved very well,<br>But a big wave smashed a smell boat before they left the vessel;<br>Still the Captain, Mr Jaques, and five of the crew<br>Clung to the &quot;Storm Queen&quot; until she sank beneath the waters blue. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">While the sea lashed itself into white foam and loudly did roar,<br>And with a gurgling sound the big waves covered the vessel o'er;<br>So perished Captain Jaques and five of the crew<br>Who stuck to the vessel, as brave sailors would do. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But before the vessel sank a raft was made,<br>And a few men got on to it who were not afraid;<br>And oh! it was enough to make one's blood to freeze<br>To see them jumping off the steamer into the yawning seas. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So they were tossed about on the big billows the whole night,<br>And beneath the big waves they were engulphed before daylight;<br>But 22 that reached the boats were saved in all<br>By the aid of God, on whom they did call. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And on the next morning before daylight<br>The Norwegian barque &quot;Gulvare&quot; hove in sight;<br>Then they shouted and pulled towards her with all their might,<br>While the seas were running high, oh! what a fearful sight. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poor souls were prevented from getting along side<br>Of the barque &quot;Gulvare&quot; by the heavy seas and tide;<br>And as the boats drew near the barque the storm increases<br>Until the boats struck against her and were dashed to pieces. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was almost beyond human efforts with the storm to cope<br>But most fortunately they were hauled on board by a rope,<br>While the big waves did lash the barque all over,<br>But by a merciful providence they were landed safely at Dover. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The survivors when rescued were in a destitute state,<br>But nevertheless they seemed resigned to their fate,<br>And they thanked God that did them save<br>Most timely from a cold and watery grave. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And during their stay in Dover they received kind treatment,<br>For which they, poor creatures, felt very content;<br>And when they recovered from their ills they met at sea,<br>The authorities sent them home to their own country. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But as for Captain Jaques, few men like him had been,<br>Because he couldn't be persuaded to desert the &quot;Storm Queen,&quot;<br>As he declared he wouldn't leave her whatever did betide;<br>So the brave hero sank with her beneath the waters wide.</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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While I relate a terrible tale of the sea,
Concerning the screw steamer &quot;Storm Queen&quot;
Which was wrecked, alas! a most heast-rending scene. 

From Sebastopol, with a cargo of grain, she was on her way,
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