The Cutty Sark is probably the most famous of the old tea clippers and when she returned to the Thames after a long absence it was natural that the most famous maritime writer of the period be the one to write the story.
This is the story not only of the return but the full story of a ship over the previous half century (55 years actually) since her launch.
Poems in this collection include
By the Old Pagoda Anchorage
A Wool Fleet Chorus
What the Old Man Said
Sea Sorrow
The book also contained a version of the following
The Cutty Comes Back http://oldpoetry.com/poetry/52117
- By the old Pagoda Anchorage they lay full fifteen strong,
And their spars were like a forest, and their names were like a song.26 lines - Fare you well, you Sydney girls, time for us to go!
The Peter's at the fore truck, and five thousand bales below,18 lines
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