An Incident on board the "London"

"MID dying and the dead, he stood,Nor cared one step to move;Though life is sweet, a death he'll meet,That he his love may prove.

With death-pale cheek and quivering lip,He hears his Captain's cry—"Save boy thy life! in ocean's strifeThou art too young to die!"

"No! No!" he cried, with tearful eye"My life I dare not save;Alone with thee, deep down in sea,I'll face a sailor's grave!"