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Book: Rovings

A slim volume published in 1921 by Elkin and Mathews.
It contains a few images by brother Phil W Smith and some excellent poetry.
The first few peoms are penned about a series of docks on the River Thames in and around London.
One of CFS's favourite pastimes was to wander around these areas, 'Dock Walloping' as she called it, and noting the goings on and talking to the people, mostly in the sailing trades, she met. This resulted in many books, poems and articles and the London Dock Board presented CFS with a pass that would allow her access to any of the Docks and Ports within its control.

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  • All Sorts
    "It takes all sorts to make a world, an' the same to make a crew;
    It takes the good an' middlin' an' the rotten bad uns too;
    23 lines
  • Lavender Pond
    Never a swallow wets his wing
    In Lavender Pond from Spring to Spring;
    37 lines
  • John Company's Ships
    John Company's ships, they sailed the seas —
    The Merchant's Hope and the Trade's Increase ,
    39 lines
  • Old Stormy
    "Stormy's dead," I heard them say, "he's dead and gone to rest";
    Of all the skippers I have known old Stormy was the best,
    45 lines
  • Sold Foreign
    In Lady Dock, in Lady Dock, the ships from far and wide
    Lay down their loads of fragrant deals the dusky sheds beside,
    43 lines
  • Anchors
    In a breaker's yard by the Millwall Docks,
    With its piled-up litter of sheaveless blocks,
    47 lines
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