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Four were erst patrician keels (Names attest what families be), The Kensington, and Richmond too, Leonidas, and Lee: But now they have their seat With the Old Stone Fleet. FOUR WERE ERST PATRICIAN KEELS NAMES ATTEST WHAT FAMILIES BE THE KENSINGTON AND RICHMOND TOO LEONIDAS AND LEE BUT NOW THEY HAVE THEIR SEAT WITH THE OLD STONE FLEET
left. Dupont’s Round Fight. (November, 1861.) In time and measure perfect moves All Art whose aim is sure; Evolving ryhme and stars divine Have rules, and they endure. Nor less the Fleet that warred for Right, And, warring so, prevailed, In geometric beauty curved, And in an orbit sailed. The rebel at Port Royal felt The Unity overawe, And rued the spell. A type was here, And victory of Law. The Stone Fleet.[2] An Old Sailor’s Lament. (December, 1861.) I have a feeling for those ships, Each worn and ancient one, With great bluff bows, and broad in the beam; Ay, it was unkindly done. But so they serve the Obsolete-- Even so, Stone Fleet! You’ll say I’m doting; do but think I scudded round the Horn in one-- The Tenedos, a glorious Good old craft as ever run-- Sunk (how all unmeet!) With the Old Stone Fleet. An India ship of fame was she, Spices and shawls and fans she bore; A whaler when her wrinkles came-- Turned off! till, spent and poor, Her bones were sold (escheat)! Ah! Stone Fleet.  THE STONE FLEET BY HERMAN MELVILLE BRED FOR LIEBRAVOX DOT ORK BY ANDREW DOYKE AT CLARK UNIVERSITY RECORDED OCTOBER OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WORD PRESS DOT CLARK U DOT E D U SLASH M E N E U M A N SLASH LIEBRAVOX I HAVE A FEELING FOR THOSE SHIPS EACH WORN AND ANCIENT ONE WITH GREAT BLUFF BOUGHS AND BROAD IN THE BEAM AY IT WASN'T UNKINDLY DONE BUT SO THEY SERVE THE OBSOLETE EVEN SO STONE FLEET YOU'LL SAY I'M DOTING DO BUT THINK I SCUDDED ROUND THE HORN IN ONE THE TENEDOSE A GLORIOUS GOOD OLD CRAFT AS EVER RUN SUNK HOW ALL UNMEET WITH THE OLD STONE FLEET IN INDIA SHIP OF FAME WAS SHE SPICES AND SHAWLS AND FANS SHE BORE A WHALER WHEN HER WRINKLES CAME TURNED OFF TILL SPENT AND POOR HER BONES WERE SOLD A SHEET AH STONE FLEET
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