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Time's Flight.
Time ' s flig ht tolls of fond hearts broken , Ol oft a sweetest slavery ; Of dark deeds done , of sad words spoken , Of love , of grief , of knavery .
" But yet for thee old Time , deceiving , Has naught of harm , and naught of fear ; Thou need'st not grumble at its leaving , For still to me thou art most clear . Yes , thou and I , dear heart , together May bid the Dotard calm good-bye ,
For , fastest mates in every weather , Ours a Trust that ne ' er can die . " blh . uo ,
A Day's Pleasure.
A DAY'S PLEASURE .
B Y S AVAlilCt'S , Or ! a . summer ' s day , when the wind was blowing freshly from tho north and west , and the tide being suitable , myself and three friends , taking advantage of the favourable state of things , quitted our native element for a day ' s jneasurc . Living not a hundred miles from the NOEEwhere the Admiraltthen had Wooden
, y Ships of War , and plenty of " tilings " afloat , undergoing all the various stages of dry Tot , and other diseases incidental to new and old ships , we bad no difficulty in obtaining a sailing craft wherewith to carry out our purpose . A " jolly-boat , " large enough to take twenty men as a cargo , and twelve as a crew to pull her , was lent to us .
There she lay inside the Admiral's Camber , easily enough to be got at , with sails and spars complete . After getting our stock of provisions on board , we embarked . The first thing to be done was—" step the mast , " this was soon accomplished ; but there were several ropes to be made fast , a bow-sprit to be run out , and all to be properly done in a seaman-like way ; this was a puzzle too difficult for us Landsmen to solve . Some " Man-o ' -war ' s "
men were looking on , we hailed them to come and put the boat in sailing order . Like the warm and free hearted men English sailors are , they very soon did so , at the same time giving us " land lubbers'' a little bit of nautical advice and information . "Push off , and be seated , " was the order of the helmsman . " Port your helm 1 " sung out one of the " Tars " on the jetty . It was done . Round Went the boat's head into the streamthe breeze ( " a soldiers " ) filled the sailsand our
, , ' > oat shot out from the camber into the harbour among the ships and shipping . We steered for the ocean , it being agreed that we should sail seaward . As soon as our intention was seen from the shore , we were hailed to put back , but we did not—that is would not—hear or see anything that was left behind us .
JNow for a chase , A six oared " gig " was sent in pursuit of our fearlessly handled ewft , ihe only notice taken of the pursuers was just this—to give them no chance to overtake us . Having no definite jilaee to sail to , it was speedily agreed to run with the wind and , le tide . To clown helm and bring home the sheet , was the work of a moment ; this 2 A 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Time's Flight.
Time ' s flig ht tolls of fond hearts broken , Ol oft a sweetest slavery ; Of dark deeds done , of sad words spoken , Of love , of grief , of knavery .
" But yet for thee old Time , deceiving , Has naught of harm , and naught of fear ; Thou need'st not grumble at its leaving , For still to me thou art most clear . Yes , thou and I , dear heart , together May bid the Dotard calm good-bye ,
For , fastest mates in every weather , Ours a Trust that ne ' er can die . " blh . uo ,
A Day's Pleasure.
A DAY'S PLEASURE .
B Y S AVAlilCt'S , Or ! a . summer ' s day , when the wind was blowing freshly from tho north and west , and the tide being suitable , myself and three friends , taking advantage of the favourable state of things , quitted our native element for a day ' s jneasurc . Living not a hundred miles from the NOEEwhere the Admiraltthen had Wooden
, y Ships of War , and plenty of " tilings " afloat , undergoing all the various stages of dry Tot , and other diseases incidental to new and old ships , we bad no difficulty in obtaining a sailing craft wherewith to carry out our purpose . A " jolly-boat , " large enough to take twenty men as a cargo , and twelve as a crew to pull her , was lent to us .
There she lay inside the Admiral's Camber , easily enough to be got at , with sails and spars complete . After getting our stock of provisions on board , we embarked . The first thing to be done was—" step the mast , " this was soon accomplished ; but there were several ropes to be made fast , a bow-sprit to be run out , and all to be properly done in a seaman-like way ; this was a puzzle too difficult for us Landsmen to solve . Some " Man-o ' -war ' s "
men were looking on , we hailed them to come and put the boat in sailing order . Like the warm and free hearted men English sailors are , they very soon did so , at the same time giving us " land lubbers'' a little bit of nautical advice and information . "Push off , and be seated , " was the order of the helmsman . " Port your helm 1 " sung out one of the " Tars " on the jetty . It was done . Round Went the boat's head into the streamthe breeze ( " a soldiers " ) filled the sailsand our
, , ' > oat shot out from the camber into the harbour among the ships and shipping . We steered for the ocean , it being agreed that we should sail seaward . As soon as our intention was seen from the shore , we were hailed to put back , but we did not—that is would not—hear or see anything that was left behind us .
JNow for a chase , A six oared " gig " was sent in pursuit of our fearlessly handled ewft , ihe only notice taken of the pursuers was just this—to give them no chance to overtake us . Having no definite jilaee to sail to , it was speedily agreed to run with the wind and , le tide . To clown helm and bring home the sheet , was the work of a moment ; this 2 A 2