Should study all their traps and nets,
I may conceive it;
But that the mirror, above all,
Should be the object principal,
I won’t believe it.”
THE SLAVE SHIP, A GALLEY YARN.
Come all you gallant sailors bold, that to the seas belong,
Oh listen unto me, my boys, while I recount my song;
’Tis concerning of an action that was fought the other day,