CAPT. JAMES HALLET HORSLEY

On board of Her Majesty's Ship “Rifleman”, on the Mediterranean. TO

Marianne (Mary-Ann) Stanton, his wife, residing with her four children, James Stanton, Rosalie-Helen, Richard and Mary (twins), at Deptford, near Greenwich, England.

{Five years after their mariage, and three years before his death, at the age of 31 years.)

Ye lingering winds that feebly blow, Why thus impede my way ?

Why moves, the lazy ship, so slow When Mary mourns my stay ; For when she bade me, last, —adieu, She dropt’a tear—and cried—prove true,

When, as the midnight watch I keep, I view the sparkling sea ; | While ‘round, my shipmates careless sleep, | IL fondly think on thee; | Remembrance paints the last adieu, | When Mary wept—and eried—prove true, |

‘Tho I be distant as the Pole, ‘Tho furious tempests foam, | ‘Tho billows mount—’tho thuuders roll, No distance, time or storm,

The scene can banish from my view, When Mary wept—und cried—prove true,

Aft, up the shrouds, my steps are borne,

L'take my airy stand,

And oft my longing eyes I turn, And look in vain for land ; |

Dejected, I rejoin the crew, And fondly hope—my Mary's true.

Come then, briskly, pleasing gales, For once, auspicious prove,

Come, swell the bosom of my sails, And waft me to my Love;

Moor’d in her arms, to toils——adieu, If, still I find—my Mary—true.

(Signed) JAMES HALLET HoRSL£Y.