It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the…

It was the schooner Hesperus,
That sailed the wintry sea;
And the skipper had taken his little daughter,
To bear him company.

Sourced, The Wreck of the Hesperus
(1842)

St. 1

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