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Excerpt from The Cross and Anchor: Written for the Fair, in Aid of the Mariner's Church, Providence, R. I., April, 1844
I have sailed with many a dauntless crew, And the boldest of all was I. Maidens on shore, ask ye Why? For I trusted not in bone, nor limb, Nor in sail nor mast so high. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.