Synopsis

A Birthday In Scio I landed there on the day of my birth,- The day that the city was swept from the earth; Though thirteen years had floated away On the stream of time since that bloody day. There had been a strong southeaster blowing, The night before and afternoon; And the clouds, as night came on, were throwing So much of mystery round the moon, That,-what above, and what below,- Things looked so squally, all on board Concurred in thinking Captain Ford Spoke wisely; when he said, 'No, no; I shall put in, and try to keep Where the ladies, who 're aboard, may sleep.'