| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 55. My Brigantine |
| | | By James Fenimore Cooper |
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| MY brigantine! | |
| Just in thy mould and beauteous in thy form, | |
| Gentle in roll and buoyant on the surge, | |
| Light as the sea-fowl rocking in the storm, | |
| In breeze and gale thy onward course we urge, | 5 |
| My water-queen! | |
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| Lady of mine! | |
| More light and swift than thou none thread the sea, | |
| With surer keel or steadier on its path; | |
| We brave each waste of ocean-mystery | 10 |
| And laugh to hear the howling tempest’s wrath, | |
| For we are thine! | |
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| My brigantine! | |
| Trust to the mystic power that points thy way, | |
| Trust to the eye that pierces from afar, | 15 |
| Trust the red meteors that around thee play, | |
| And, fearless, trust the Sea-Green Lady’s Star, | |
| Thou bark divine! | |
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