A Mainsail Haul (Classic Reprint) ~ Paperback ~ John Masefield

A Mainsail Haul (Classic Reprint) ~ Paperback ~ John Masefield
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Excerpt from A Mainsail Haul I yarned with ancient shipmen beside the galley rangeAnd some were fond of women, but all were fond of change;They sang their quavering chanties, all in a fo'c's'le drone, And I was finely suited, if I had only known. I rested in an ale-house that had a sanded floor, Where seamen sat a-drinking and chalking up the score;They yarned of ships and mermaids, of topsail sheets and slings, But I was discontented; I looked for better things. I heard a drunken fiddler, in Billy Lee's Saloon, I brooked an empty belly with thinking of the tune: I swung the doors disgusted as drunkards rose to dance, And now I know the music was life and life's romance. 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.