and it seemed like a life

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is little to do on a gunboat trim I can hand
and
reef
and steer
and fire my big gun too - And it IS such a treat to sail with
a gentle well-bred crew.
I saw him every day. How the happy moments sped! Reef topsails!
Make all taut! There's dirty weather ahead [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]! (I do not mean that tempests
threatened the HOT CROSS BUN: In THAT caseI don't know whatever
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After a fortnight's cruisewe put into port one dayAnd off on leave
for a week went kind LIEUTENANT BELAYEAnd after a long long
week had passed (and it seemed like a life)LIEUTENANT BELAYE
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returned to his ship with a fair young wife [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!
He upand he sayssays heO crew of the HOT CROSS BUN
Here
is the wife of my heart
for the Church has made us one!And as he
uttered the wordthe crew went out of their witsAnd all fell down in so
many separate fainting-fits.
And then their hair came downor offas the case might beAnd lo!
the rest of the crew were simple girlslike meWho all had fled from their
homes in a sailor's blue arrayTo follow the shifting fate of kind
LIEUTENANT BELAYE.
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It's strange to think that I should ever have