Poems about Nostalgia

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Anchor Watches

Ever stood th' twelve t' four
Anchor watch, alone at night,

by Burt Franklin Jenness 44 lines
Mess Gear

Along about six in th' mornin',
When th' drippin' sun turns out o' bed,

by Burt Franklin Jenness 25 lines
The Seafarer

May I for my own self song's truth reckon,
Journey's jargon, how I in harsh days

by Anonymous Olde English 100 lines
The Old Ditty Box

Old and battered now, it rests
With the spinning wheel and chests,

by Burt Franklin Jenness 32 lines
Captain

Give me a tub, a dirty tub,
Most any old tub will do,

by Bill Adams 44 lines
The Old Lady

The little, fragile, white-haired lady
Stepped outside in the English moon,

by Stella Wood 16 lines, 1 comment
All Hands On Deck

"Rouse out, you sleepers! Come, now, rise and shine!"
How would you like to hear that cry again?

by Bill Adams 27 lines
'Frisco

Long lines of ships at moorings used to lie
Besides the wharves of 'Frisco. All the day

by Bill Adams 62 lines
The Cupboard

It's a board carved wooden cupboard;
the ancient dark-coloured oak

by Arthur Rimbaud 18 lines
A Lift By The Way

When the road it is rough and the sun it is strong,
And the miles of the country seem long and more long,

by Cicely Fox Smith 24 lines
The Holystoner

Swashin' down the quarter-deck, scuppers runnin' free,
All th' gang in workin' white, happy as c'n be;

by Burt Franklin Jenness 27 lines
Limey

She's a Liverpool ship, an' becalmed on the Line;
Ain't it hell when a Liverpool sailor must dine?

by Bill Adams 33 lines
Red Lead

You may visit studios
In New York or gay Paree;

by Burt Franklin Jenness 43 lines
The Ship's Cook

The gilded thrones of kings may pass;
The magistrate's judicial hall,

by Burt Franklin Jenness 44 lines
The Bedford Nell

When the night winds blow in from the open sea,
And darkness sifts down in the busy street,

by Burt Franklin Jenness 54 lines
Mrs Moffat

Mrs Moffat sold tomatoes,
Postal orders, ginger pop,

by Christopher Hassall 37 lines, 5 comments
"Where The Sage Brush Grows"

I'm living in an eastern state
And though I do my best

by D J O Malley 61 lines
Ai-Lee-Oh

I see a ship glide through a dock
With lovely white wings,

by Bill Adams 35 lines
The Clock With One Finger

The clock with one finger
Was made in the days

by Cicely Fox Smith 48 lines, 1 comment
From 'The Cupboard' (Le buffet)

A large carved cupboard of white oak
emanates that relaxed gentle air

by Arthur Rimbaud 40 lines
Mobile Bay

There's a song has gone through my mind all day,
As a song will sometimes do;

by Cicely Fox Smith 36 lines
The Rendezvous

A pub there is of far renown,
A pub that seamen know

by Cicely Fox Smith 40 lines
Feedin' The Stock

Hear the chorus in that tie-up, runch, ger-
runch, and runch and runch!

by Holman Francis Day 111 lines
Lower Pool

“Where are you bound for,
Sailorman, sailorman

by Cicely Fox Smith 48 lines
Ellen Vale

Have you never seen sweet Ellen Vale,
Or roamed the spacious park?

by Edwin A Underhill 63 lines
Genius Loci

Yes, this is the place where my boyhood
Saw its butterfly season depart:

by John James Piatt 35 lines, 1 comment
A Sigh

O Life! -- what a dream,
What a tale that is told!

by Martin Farquhar Tupper 35 lines
Maid And Boy

Come, little maid, from youthful days,
And let me paint you as you stood;

by John Albee 45 lines
The Old Rectory

They are going to pull down the old rectory next year,
So I hear,

by Cicely Fox Smith 45 lines
Ship Models V South Sea Whaler. “Scrimshaw” Model

Harpooner
Eliphalet Lobb

by Cicely Fox Smith 55 lines

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