Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WEIN, WEIB - ! (THE COMPLAINT OF THE OLD LAKEMAN), by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poet's Biography First Line: Too old em I to sail eny more Last Line: They'll git you every time! Subject(s): Old Age; Sailing & Sailors; Seamen; Sails | ||||||||
TOO old em I to sail eny more (He glanced at his wasted thews) But I might uv been on the Lakes to-day W'ere the whistles talks an' the fog hangs gray If it hadunt 'a been fer booze. If it hadunt a' been fer booze an' whores (By rights this is my Prime) O, the road is broadbut it don't go far, Fer, no matter how good a man you are, They'll git you every time! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SAILS OF MURMUR by ANSELM HOLLO THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE TOM BOWLING ['S EPITAPH] by CHARLES DIBDIN HOW'S MY BOY? by SYDNEY THOMPSON DOBELL LOVE AT SEA by THEOPHILE GAUTIER A SAILOR CHANTEY (ON BARK 'PESTALLOZI' OFF TRISTAN D'ACUNHA ISLANDS) by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP |
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