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An English ship when homeward bound, / Near to its port was shipwrecked found, / For it had struck a sunken rock, / And was slowly sinking from the shock.
In port they quick did man life boat, / Which o'er tempestuous sea did float, / They rescued all the crew, save one, / And were content with what they done.
But they had not their captain, Harry, / Who on the shore was forced to tarry, / And knew not of the disaster, / So crew had worked without a master.
But when he heard of the shipwreck, / And that a man was left on deck, / He quickly hurried the boat's crew / For to again attempt his rescue.
But earnestly his old mother, / Reminded him of his lost brother, / Perhaps drowned in foreign sea, / She cried, son, stay and comfort me.
But wreck they reach and rescue man, / And thrill of joy o'er city ran, / When it was found 'twas Harry's brother, / Had returned to comfort mother.
Thus providence rewards the brave / Who strive their fellow men to save, / The mother's griefs it did assuage, / And happy now is her old age.