Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Volume 3 (of 3) / Containing Lives of the Most Celebrated Pugilists; Full Reports of Their Battles from Contemporary Newspapers, With Authentic Portraits, Personal Anecdotes, and Sketches of the Principal Patrons of the Prize Ring, Forming a Complete History of the Ring from Fig and Broughton, 1719-40, to the Last Championship Battle Between King and Heenan, in December 1863

by Henry Downes Miles

Fades o’er the waters blue;

The night-wind sighs, the breakers roar,

Load shrieks the wild sea-mew.

Yon sun, that’s setting o’er the sea,

We’ll follow in its flight;

Farewell awhile to it and thee—

My native land—​Good night!

“With thee, my bark, I’ll swiftly go,

Athwart the foaming brine,

Nor care what land thou bear’st me to,