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_ And all for naught. The waters pass   Currents will have their way; Nature is nobody's ally; 'tis well; The harbor is bettered  will stay. A failure, and complete, Was your Old Stone Fleet. AND ALL FOR NOUGHT THE WATERS PASS CURRENTS WILL HAVE THEIR WAY NATURE IS NOBODY'S ALLY TIS WELL THE HARBOUR IS BETTERED WILL STAY A FAILURE END COMPLETE WAS YOUR OLD STONE FLEET
 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. 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. To scuttle them--a pirate deed-- Sack them, and dismast; They sunk so slow, they died so hard, But gurgling dropped at last. Their ghosts in gales repeat _Woe’s us, Stone Fleet! RK 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 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 TO SCUTTLE THEM A PIRATE DEED SACK THEM AND DISMASSED THEY SUNK SO SLOW THEY DIED SO HARD BUT GURGLING DROPPED AT LAST THEIR GHOSTS AND GALES REPEAT WOES US STONE FLEET
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