The Channel for their grave,
The Fort their monument,
(Seen afar in the offing,)
Ten fathom deep lie Craven,
And the bravest of our brave.”
We passed very near to the spot where that “great iron coffin” still lies at the bottom of the stream.
But the ships went in undismayed.
“Right abreast of the Fort,
In an awful shroud they lay,
Broadsides thundering away,