Wit and Humor of America, The Vol 04

<h2><SPAN name="MEDITATIONS_OF_A_MARINER4" id="MEDITATIONS_OF_A_MARINER4"></SPAN>MEDITATIONS OF A MARINER<SPAN name="FNanchor_4_4" id="FNanchor_4_4"></SPAN><SPAN href="#Footnote_4_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</SPAN></h2> <h3>BY WALLACE IRWIN</h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">A-watchin' how the sea behaves<br/></span> <span class="i2">For hours and hours I sit;<br/></span> <span class="i0">And I know the sea is full o' waves&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">I've often noticed it.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">For on the deck each starry night<br/></span> <span class="i2">The wild waves and the tame<br/></span> <span class="i0">I counts and knows 'em all by sight<br/></span> <span class="i2">And some of 'em by name.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And then I thinks a cove like me<br/></span> <span class="i2">Ain't got no right to roam;<br/></span> <span class="i0">For I'm homesick when I puts to sea<br/></span> <span class="i2">And seasick when I'm home.<br/></span></div> </div> <p><span class='pagenum'><SPAN name="Page_714" id="Page_714"></SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />