...; For, says he, do you mind me, let storms ne'er so oft Take the topsails of sailors aback, There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack ! 197 I said to our Poll — for, d'ye see, she would cry, When last we weighed anchor for sea : What...

...don't think me a milksop so soft To be taken for trifles a-back ; For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack !" In the second verse Jack has heard the chaplain palaver one day, " About souls, heaven, 'mercy,...

...: For, says he, do you mind me, let storms e'er so oft Take the top-sails of sailors aback, There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack ! I sakl to our Poll — for, d'ye see, she would cry — When last we weigh'd anchor for sea, What...

...: For, says he, do you mind me, let storms e'er so oft Take the top-sails of sailors aback, There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. I said to our Poll, for, d'ye see, she would cry When last we weigh'd anchor for sea, What argufies...

...with him, or nigh, And saw the gallant hero die ; Yet 'scaped each shot myself, for why ? " ' There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.' " of estate, and both officers in the army of Charles I. They were in the military service of the crown...

...tow. Let waves rock the ship, and let storms e'er so oft Take the topsails of sailors aback, There's a sweet little Cherub that sits up aloft To keep watch for the life of Poor Jack.' "The year 1860, and not smashed yet, for a man is immortal till his work is done. Neither have I found...

...sharp, and sickness rages, The greatest love of life appears. Three CHARLES DIBDIN. 1745-1814. There 'sa sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. Poor Jack. Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle ? He was all for love and a little for the bottle. Captain...

...Paradise our store. Burial of liie Dead. 348 DIBDIN—P1ERPOXT—BARKE TT. CHARLES DIBDIN. '""P HERE'S a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, *- To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. Poor Jach. JOHN PIERPONT. A WEAPON that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon the sod ; But...

...: For, says he, do you mind me, let storms e'er so oft Take the top-sails of sailors aback, There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack ! I said to our Poll — for, d'ye see, she would cry — When last we weigh'd anchor for sea, What...

...you would almost wish you had been a man, so that you might be a sailor. And through all " there's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, to keep watch for the life of poor Jack." ' ' Indeed, my dear,' exclaimed Mrs. Marvel, satisfied with the sentiment of the quotation, though...