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,