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The Figure-Head

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The Charles-and-Emma seaward sped,     (Named from the carven pair at prow,)     He so smart, and a curly head,     She tricked forth as a bride knows how:     Pretty stem for the port, I trow!     But iron-rust and alum-spray     And chafing gear, and sun and dew     Vexed this lad and lassie gay,     Tears in their eyes, salt tears nor few;     And the hug relaxed with the failing glue.     But came in end a dismal night,     With creaking beams and ribs that groan,     A black lee-shore and waters white:     Dropped on the reef, the pair lie prone:     O, the breakers dance, but the winds they moan!

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