Constellation Aquila
Constellation Aquila
Look ye up on the north, me lads
It bays by the starboard mooring
Pray ye be not the eagles quest
As winds from wings come roaring
It riles the sea to solid wall
Breaks masts like rotten timber
Sweeps the seaman to his grave
Ne’er again to be remembered
Howls like evil dragons sounding
Waves frothy cold—then crystal ice
Caught in Aquila’s frozen talons
Venture there and pay the price
North Sea vessels all take warning
He’ll spare no mercy on your souls
But shatter your hull, flood your holds
He’ll cast your bones in frozen shoals
The eagle guards his ice bound lair
Best ye ne’er go forth
Set course abaft of his cursedly fold
Behold the king of the north
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Wrote this poem to be a lead in for a story. The year of event was 1766
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