Disaster to Steamer Victoria at London

James McIntyre (1828?–1906) · Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames · 1884

At London Thames is a broad stream,
Which was the scene of a sad theme,
A fragile steamer there did play,
O’ercrowded on a Queen’s Birthday,
While all on board was bright and gay,
But soon ’neath the cold waters lay,
Naught but forms of lifeless clay,
Which made, alas! sad month of May.

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First published in Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884). First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established. [1]

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James McIntyre (1828?–1906). “Disaster to Steamer Victoria at London.” First published in Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884). Text: Poem Index, https://poemindex.org/james-mcintyre/disaster-to-steamer-victoria-at-london/. Append #L14 to cite line 14, or #L4-L9 for lines 4–9.

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