Scary Moments

Was a wild September night in eighteen thirty eight Grace Darling was at her fathers, lighthouse window Spotted a wreck on a nearby low rocky island Woke her father as survivors were in danger Was too rough for the lifeboat to be launched So into a fourteen foot row boat called a coble She and her dad rowed the mile to the wreck Held it steady whilst father rescued as many as was able Rowed back to the lighthouse another wild mile Whilst Grace looked after the survivors on the lighthouse Her father and three of the rescued rowed back to the boat Managed to rescue a few more, of the sixty two on board For this act of bravery Grace Darling received a large reward But money didn’t stop the tuberculosis disease that took her life at Just twenty six years old Buried in a modest grave in Bamburgh in eighteen forty eight In her honour William Wordsworth wrote The poem called “Grace Darling” This was a scary moment for this daring miss The girl with the windswept hair. The story of Grace Darling can be read online. Penned 20 May 2014