Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 259
offaith and hope. Such imagery, it may be said, ishackneyed now, and trite even to impertinence. Itmight be so at home; but here, in presence of the mag- 226 A Book of Sea Stories nificent pageant of tropic sunlight, it is natural, almostinevitable; and the old myth of the daily birth anddeath of… … THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE (From the Child of the Wreck.)By W. H. G. KINGSTON. AM not likely to forgetthat next morning, the28th of August, (17—).It was a fine summersmorning, and there wasjust a little sea on, witha strongish breeze blowingfrom the eastward, but notenough to prevent boatscoming…
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