Famous First Mate Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous First Mate poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous first mate poems. These examples illustrate what a famous first mate poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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Christmas At Sea

by Robert Louis Stevenson
The sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand;
The decks were like a slide, where a seaman scarce could stand;
The wind was a nor'wester, blowing squally off the sea;
And cliffs and spouting breakers were the only things a-lee.

They heard the surf a-roaring before the break of day;
But 'twas only with the peep of light we saw how ill...Read more of this...

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