Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (18331908). A Victorian Anthology, 18371895. 1895. | | The Three Fishers | | Charles Kingsley (181975) | | | THREE fishers went sailing out into the West, | | Out into the West as the sun went down; | | Each thought on the woman who lovd him the best; | | And the children stood watching them out of the town; | | For men must work, and women must weep, | 5 | And there s little to earn, and many to keep, | | Though the harbor bar be moaning. | | | Three wives sat up in the light-house tower, | | And they trimmd the lamps as the sun went down; | | They lookd at the squall, and they lookd at the shower, | 10 | And the night rack came rolling up ragged and brown! | | But men must work, and women must weep, | | Though storms be sudden, and waters deep, | | And the harbor bar be moaning. | | | Three corpses lay out on the shining sands | 15 | In the morning gleam as the tide went down, | | And the women are weeping and wringing their hands | | For those who will never come back to the town; | | For men must work, and women must weep, | | And the sooner it s over, the sooner to sleep | 20 | And good-by to the bar and its moaning. | | | |
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