Quote:
And down in fathoms many went the captain and the crew;
Down went the owners—greedy men whom hope of gain
allured:
Oh, dry the starting tear, for they were heavily insured.
Author: Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck
Category: shipwrecks
Attribution: Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911), British parodist, librettist. Etiquette (l. 2–4).
FiBHP. Fireside Book of Humorous Poetry, The. William Cole, ed. (1959) Simon and Schuster.
