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'Twas in the month of March and in the year of	A
Which will be remembered for a very long time	B
The wreck of the steamer Stella that was wrecked on the Casquet Rocks	C
By losing her bearings in a fog and received some terrible shocks	C
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The Stella was bound for the Channel Islands on a holiday trip	D
And a number of passengers were resolved not to let the chance slip	D
And the hearts of the passengers felt light and gay	E
As the Stella steamed out of the London Docks without delay	E
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The vessel left London at a quarter past eleven	F
With a full passenger list and a favourable wind from heaven	F
And all went well until late in the afternoon	G
When all at once a mist arose alas too soon	G
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And as the Channel Islands were approached a fog set in	H
Then the passengers began to be afraid and made a chattering din	H
And about half past three o'clock the fog settled down	I
Which caused Captain Reeks and the passengers with fear to frown	I
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And brave Captain Reeks felt rather nervous and discontent	J
Because to him it soon became quite evident	K
And from his long experience he plainly did see	L
That the fog was increasing in great density	L
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Still the Stella sailed on at a very rapid rate	M
And oh heaven rushed headlong on to her fate	M
And passed o'er the jagged rocks without delay	E
And her side was ripped open Oh horror and dismay	E
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Then all the passengers felt the terrible shock	N
As the Stella stuck fast upon the first ledge of rock	N
And they rushed to the deck in wild alarm	O
While some of them cried Oh God protect us from harm	O
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Then men clasped wives and daughters and friends shook hands	P
And unmoved Captain Reeks upon the bridge stands	P
And he shouted Get out the boats without delay	E
Then the sailors and officers began to work without dismay	E
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Again Captain Reeks cried in a manly clear voice	Q
Let the women and children be our first choice	Q
Then the boats were loaded in a speedy way	E
And with brave seamen to navigate them that felt no dismay	E
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Then the Stella began rapidly for to settle down	I
And Captain Reeks gave his last order without a frown	I
Shouting Men for yourselves you'll better look out	R
Which they did needing no second bidding without fear or doubt	R
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Then the male passengers rushed to the boats in wild despair	S
While the cries of the women and children rent the air	S
Oh heaven such a scene 'twas enough to make one weep	T
To see mothers trying to save their children that were fast asleep	T
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Brave Captain Reeks stood on the bridge till the ship went down	I
With his eyes uplifted towards heaven and on his face no frown	I
And some of the passengers jumped from the ship into the sea	L
And tried hard to save their lives right manfully	L
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But the sufferings of the survivors are pitiful to hear	U
And I think all Christian people for them will drop a tear	S
Because the rowers of the boata were exhausted with damp and cold	V
And the heroine of the wreck was Miss Greta Williams be it told	V
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She remained in as open boat with her fellow passengers and crew	W
And sang O rest in the Lord and He will come to our rescue	W
And for fourteen hours they were rowing on the mighty deep	T
And when each man was done with his turn he fell asleep	T
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And about six o'clock in the morning a man shrieked out	R
There's a sailing boat coming towards us without any doubt	R
And before the sailing boat could get near a steamer hove in sight	X
Which proved to be the steamer Lynx to their delight	X
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And they were conveyed to Guernsey without delay	E
Poor souls with their hearts in a state of joy and dismay	E
But alas more than eighty persons have been lost in the briny deep	T
But I hope their souls are now in heaven in safe keep	T

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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