THE ALARMÈD SKIPPER
"It was an ancient Mariner."
Many a long, long year ago,
Nantucket skippers had a plan
Of finding out, though "lying low,"
How near New York their schooners ran.
Nantucket skippers had a plan
Of finding out, though "lying low,"
How near New York their schooners ran.
They greased the lead before it fell,
And then, by sounding through the night,―
Knowing the soil that stuck, so well,
They always guessed their reckoning right.
And then, by sounding through the night,―
Knowing the soil that stuck, so well,
They always guessed their reckoning right.
