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christmas at sea

Posted on December 31, 2009 @ 10:50 am by massimo | Filed under: blog,books,fear,sailing,travel

The sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand;
The decks were like a slide, where a seamen scarce could stand;
The wind was a nor’wester, blowing squally off the sea;
And cliffs and spouting breakers were the only things a-lee.

They heard the surf a-roaring before the break of day;
But ’twas only with the peep of light we saw how ill we lay.
We tumbled every hand on deck instanter, with a shout,
And we gave her the maintops’l, and stood by to go about.

All day we tacked and tacked between the South Head and the North;
All day we hauled the frozen sheets, and got no further forth;
All day as cold as charity, in bitter pain and dread,
For very life and nature we tacked from head to head.

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5 people have left comments

Terrific!!! Aynaku this just took my breath away! I’m so glad I came to see if just possibly there would be a post from you!Beautiful, beautiful!
Happiest of New Years to you!

LDahl wrote on January 3, 2010 - 3:04 am UTC

i like this a lot and also the links. i like sting a lot :)

hey, you are still on board a ship? i hope you had a merry christmas and here’s wishing you all the best for 2010. Happy New Year!

isay wrote on January 3, 2010 - 1:04 pm UTC

che bella sorpresa ritrovare un tuo post, mi mancavano le tue stupende illustrazioni!!!
bentornato, buon 2010
ciao Faruffa ;o)

faruffa wrote on January 4, 2010 - 6:45 pm UTC

Auch!!!Just now found your stormy post …great colours and concept. Regards from Camotes islands bike tour 2010.

adventure chef wrote on March 9, 2010 - 7:08 am UTC

Fantastic poem. I especially like the picture you have chosen.

Jon – Antarctic Cruises wrote on June 3, 2010 - 10:57 am UTC

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