The sailor’s eyes were dim with dew,—
“Your little lad, your Elihu?”
He said with trembling lip,—
“What little lad? what ship?”
“What little lad! as if there could be
Another such an one as he!
What little lad, do you say?
Why, Elihu, that took to the sea
The moment I put him off my knee!
It was just the other day