Said The Captain To Me Poem by Harry Kemp

Said The Captain To Me

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'Nothing but damn fools sail the sea,'
Said the Captain to me.
'I have a young son,' says the Captain to me,
'I'm damned if he ever shall sail the sea!'

Harry Kemp
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Topic(s) of this poem: sea,son
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