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Songs of Sea and Sail

Chapter 2: THE MERMAID'S SONG.
By Thomas Fleming Day
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A sequence of maritime poems evokes naval battles, quiet harbors, and everyday life at sea, blending vivid seafaring imagery with lyrical reflection. Voices shift from energetic depictions of combat and sail handling to hushed meditations on wrecks, phantom ships, deserted ports, and mermaids, while shorter pieces capture foggy mornings, anchorages, and shipboard routines. Recurring themes of longing, loss, and the sea's pull against the shore create a tonal balance between celebration of nautical skill and melancholy for vanished crews and changing maritime ways.

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Title: Songs of Sea and Sail

Author: Thomas Fleming Day

Release date: September 15, 2013 [eBook #43739]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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Songs of Sea and Sail

SONGS OF
SEA AND SAIL

THOMAS FLEMING DAY

NEW YORK AND LONDON
THE RUDDER PUBLISHING COMPANY
1898

Copyright 1898

By Thomas Fleming Day

All Rights Reserved

Press Of
Thomson & Co.
New York

TO
THOSE WHO LOVE
THE SEA
AND ITS SHIPS.

CONTENTS.

  1.     PAGE
  2. The Mermaid's Song    9
  3. Trafalgar    13
  4. When    18
  5. The Forsaken Port    19
  6. An Early Moonset    24
  7. On the Bridge    25
  8. Missing    30
  9. Making Land    31
  10. At Portsmouth    35
  11. At Anchor    39
  12. From the Cliff    40
  13. Then and Now    42
  14. The Ships    43
  15. The Man-o'-War's Man's Yarn    49
  16. A Foggy Morning    53
  17. Unknown    55
  18. The Coasters    57
  19. To-Day    62
  20. The Sailor of the Sail    63
  21. The Yacht    68
  22. The Trade Wind's Song    69
  23. Execution Rock Light    71
  24. The Cargo Boats    73
  25. Noontide Calm    77
  26. Old Buccaneer's Song    81
  27. The Belfry of the Sea    85
  28. Phantoms    95
  29. Flotsam    98
  30. The Lost Ship    99
  31. The Main Sheet Song    101
  32. The Landfall    103
  33. The Clipper    104
  34. The Constitution    105
  35. The Tartar    107
  36. Warning    110
  37. In September    111
  38. The Homeward Bounder's Song    113
  39. The Spell of the Sea    115
  40. Days of Oak    117
  41. Long, Long Ago    119
  42. Wind Happy Ships    122
  43. The Quest    123

THE MERMAID'S SONG.