Mythology & Folklore
The Smuggler's Song
From The Poetical Works (1899)
On, through the ground-sea, shove !
Light on the larboard bow !
There's a nine-knot breeze above,
And a sucking tide below.
Hush ! for the beacon fails,
The skulking gauger's by;
Down with your studding-sails,
Let jib and fore-sail fly !
Hurrah ! for the light once more !
Point her for Shark's-nose Head ;
Our friends can keep the shore;
Or the skulking gauger's dead !
On ! through the ground-sea, shove !
Light on the larboard bow !
There's a nine-knot breeze above
And a sucking tide below !
Cite this poem
MLA
Hawker, Robert Stephen. “The Smuggler's Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hawker_rs/103/.
Chicago
Hawker, Robert Stephen. “The Smuggler's Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hawker_rs/103/.
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