The Titanic Disaster Poem

REVISED         I.         On the cold and dark Atlantic,             The night was growing late         Steamed the maiden ship Titanic             Crowded with human freight         She was valued at Ten Million,             The grandest ever roamed the seas,         Fitted complete to swim the ocean             When the rolling billows freeze.         II.         She bade farewell to England             All dressed in robes of white         Going out to plow the briny deep,             And was on her western flight;         She was now so swiftly gliding             In L Fifty and Fourteen         When the watchman viewed the monster             Just a mile from it, Twas seen.         III.         Warned by a German vessel             Of an enemy just ahead         Of an Iceberg, that sea monster,             That which the seamen dread.         On steamed this great Titanic;             She was in her swiftest flight;         She was trying to break the record,             On that fearful, fearful night.         IV.         Oh; she was plowing the Ocean             For speed not known before,         But alas, she struck asunder             To last for ever more,         A wireless message began to spread             Throughout the mighty deep, it said,         We have struck an iceberg, being delayed;             Please rush to us with aid.         V.         The Captain, of the White Star Line,             Who stood there in command,         Was an Admiral of seasoned mind             Enroute to the western land.         The Captain thought not of his life             But stood there to the last         And swimming saved a little child             As it came floating past.         VI.         Outstretched hands offered reward             For his brave and heroic deed         But the intrepid man went down aboard             Trying to rescue a passenger instead         This ill-starred giant of the sea             Was carried to his grave         On the last and greatest ship, was he,             That ever cleft a wave.         VII.         Gay was the crew aboard this ship,             Passengers large and small;         They viewed the coming danger,             They felt it one and all.         On played the grand Orchestra             Their notes were soft and clear;         They realized Gods power on land             On sea twas just as near.         VIII.         So they played this glorious anthem             Continued on the sea         And repeated the beautiful chorus             Nearer My God To Thee.         Then silenced when the ship went down             Their notes were heard no more.         Surely theyll wear a starry crown             On that Celestial Shore.         IX.         Colonel Astor, a millionaire,             Scholarly and profound,         Said to his wife, Ill meet you dear             Tomorrow in York Town.         His bride asked a seaman true             Oh say! may husband go;         The echo came upon the blue             He answered, He may, you know.         X.         This man rushed not to his seat             He seem to have no fear,         Being calm, serene and discreet             Tendered it to a lady near,         Oh go, he said, my darling wife             Please be not in despair,         Be of good cheer, as sure as life,             Ill meet you over there.         XI.         Well could he have known this dreadful night             The sea would be his grave         Though he worked with all his might             For those whom he could save.         This man a soldier once has been             Of military art,         Proved himself full competent then             To do his noble part.         XII.         Major Butt, well known to fame             A lady did entreat,         To kindly name him to his friends             Whom she perchance to meet.         He forced the men to realize             The weaker they should save;         He gave his life with no surprise             To the seaa watery grave;         And with a smile upon his face             He turned to meet his fate,         Soon, soon the sea would be his grave             In and ever after date.         XIII.         And Strauss, who did the children feed,             Had mercy on the poor,         And all such men the world doth need             To reverence evermore.         Oh, may the union of Strauss and wife             Be memorial to all men,         Each for the other gave their life,             A life we should commend;         And may all girls who chance in life             To read this poem thru         Emulate the deed of such a wife,             As went down in the blue.         XIV.         Down, down goes the great Titanic             With faster and faster speed         Until Alas! there comes a burst             She bade farewell indeed         Farewell, farewell to land and seas,             Farewell to wharves and shore,         For I must land beneath the breeze             To reach the land no more         I carry with me more human weight             Than ever recorded before         To leave them on a land sedate             They will land, Oh! land no more.         XV.             Only a few you see,             May tell the story         Of this great calamity;             Husbands, Wives, perhaps in glory         View the sad catastrophe.             The Carpathia eastern bound         For the Mediterranean sea,             Turned to the mighty sound,         The wireless C. Q. D.         XVI.             Quick was the preparation made,         To warn the unfortunate few,             For the homeless was cold and delayed         Being chilled by the wind as it blew.             So to the youth         Through life has started,             Be ever thoughtful and true,         Stay by the truth, be not departed             Success shall come to you         Oh, may you shun the Iceberg,             By the dreadful work was wrought,         And prosper by the lesson             This mighty ship has taught. End