| Alfred H. Miles, ed. Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | Wings of the Morning (1904)
I. London Pool | | By Cicely Fox-Smith (1882–1954) |
| | | LONDON Pool’s in London town, | |
| (Ay, boys! O boys!) | |
| London Pool’s in London town, | |
| Where the great ships anchor down! | |
| O to shake our canvas free, | 5 |
| Hear the cordage cheerily | |
| Whistling to the open sea | |
| Down from London Pool, O! | |
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| London Pool’s a crowded place. | |
| (Ay, boys! O boys!) | 10 |
| London Pool’s a crowded place, | |
| Crafts and crews of every race! | |
| O to hear the clanking chain | |
| Trail along the wharf again— | |
| Hear the tautening ropes astrain | 15 |
| Down from London Pool, O! | |
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| London Pool’s a gallant sight, | |
| (Ay, boys! O boys!) | |
| London Pool’s a gallant sight, | |
| Toil by day and glare by night! | 20 |
| O to shake our heels and go— | |
| Feel the four free winds’ ablow, | |
| Hail the lights of long ago | |
| Down from London Pool, O! | | | | |
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