VIII.

The Captain died, and the mate was drown'd, And many days after the body was found ; The “crowner” sat, and the jury said No blame was on his Serenity's head. But the widows wept, and a sister's heart Still dared ſor a sister's loss to smart ;

But p'raps 'twill teach such common clay Not to get in a Royal Sovereign's way. Oh! the J/ist/etoe bow !