THE YOUTHFUL MARINERS.
BY L. E. L.
How now, my youthful mariners!
Where will ye sail to-day?
Seek ye the southern latitudes,
And Spice Isles far away?
Manilla and the Philippines,
To have your canvass fanned
By a thousand fragrant odours
Before you see the land?
With Sindbad for your guide-book,
Will ye go sailing on,
To gather cinnamon, and pearls,
And nutmegs in Ceylon?
Or are ye for a bolder quest,
Upon the Northern Seas;
And, on your passage to the pole,
See even ocean freeze?
