One drops off; but another will come
With as light a head and heavy a purse;
So long as I have the world for a home,
I’ll take my fortune, better or worse!
SPOKEN AT SEA.
THE LOG-BOOK OF THE STEAMSHIP VIRGINIA.
Twelve hundred miles and more
From the stormy English shore,
All aright, the seventh night,
On her course our vessel bore.
Her lantern shone ahead,