Songs of Sea and Sail

SONGS OF
SEA AND SAIL

THOMAS FLEMING DAY

NEW YORK AND LONDON
THE RUDDER PUBLISHING COMPANY
1898

Copyright 1898

By Thomas Fleming Day

All Rights Reserved

Press Of
Thomson & Co.
New York

TO
THOSE WHO LOVE
THE SEA
AND ITS SHIPS.

CONTENTS.

  1. PAGE
  2. The Mermaid's Song [9]
  3. Trafalgar [13]
  4. When [18]
  5. The Forsaken Port [19]
  6. An Early Moonset [24]
  7. On the Bridge [25]
  8. Missing [30]
  9. Making Land [31]
  10. At Portsmouth [35]
  11. At Anchor [39]
  12. From the Cliff [40]
  13. Then and Now [42]
  14. The Ships [43]
  15. The Man-o'-War's Man's Yarn [49]
  16. A Foggy Morning [53]
  17. Unknown [55]
  18. The Coasters [57]
  19. To-Day [62]
  20. The Sailor of the Sail [63]
  21. The Yacht [68]
  22. The Trade Wind's Song [69]
  23. Execution Rock Light [71]
  24. The Cargo Boats [73]
  25. Noontide Calm [77]
  26. Old Buccaneer's Song [81]
  27. The Belfry of the Sea [85]
  28. Phantoms [95]
  29. Flotsam [98]
  30. The Lost Ship [99]
  31. The Main Sheet Song [101]
  32. The Landfall [103]
  33. The Clipper [104]
  34. The Constitution [105]
  35. The Tartar [107]
  36. Warning [110]
  37. In September [111]
  38. The Homeward Bounder's Song [113]
  39. The Spell of the Sea [115]
  40. Days of Oak [117]
  41. Long, Long Ago [119]
  42. Wind Happy Ships [122]
  43. The Quest [123]

THE MERMAID'S SONG.

Oh, what comes flowing over the sea
In the hush of the evening's cool?
It is a mermaid singing to me
As she sits in a silver pool.
As she sits in a silver pool and sings
Of the world I never shall see,
Where the dulse-weed clings,
And the star-fish rings
The red anemone;
The world which lies
Where human eyes
Are never allowed to see
The gold and gems
And fluted stems
Of the crimson coral tree—

TRAFALGAR, 1805.

WHEN.

THE FORSAKEN PORT.

AN EARLY MOONSET.

ON THE BRIDGE.

MISSING.

MAKING LAND.

AT PORTSMOUTH

AT ANCHOR.

FROM THE CLIFF.

THEN AND NOW.

THE SHIPS.

THE MAN-O'-WAR'S-MAN'S YARN.

UNKNOWN.

THE COASTERS.

TO-DAY.

THE SAILOR OF THE SAIL.

THE YACHT.

THE TRADE-WIND'S SONG.

EXECUTION ROCK LIGHT.

THE CARGO BOATS.

THE NOONTIDE CALM.

I.

II.

III.

THE OLD BUCCANEER'S SONG.

THE BELFRY OF THE SEA.

PHANTOMS.

FLOTSAM.

THE LOST SHIP.

THE MAIN-SHEET SONG.

THE LANDFALL

THE CLIPPER.

THE CONSTITUTION.

THE TARTAR.

WARNING.

IN SEPTEMBER.

THE HOMEWARD BOUNDER'S SONG.

THE SPELL OF THE SEA.

DAYS OF OAK.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

LONG, LONG AGO.

WIND HAPPY SHIPS.

THE QUEST.

Transcriber's note:
The original book used hyphens inconsistently. The inconsistencies have been preserved.