Jimmy’s verse is quoted in:
JOHN STOKES AND THE MEN OF THE BEAGLE—
DISCOVERERS OF PORT DARWIN.
By Alan Powell,
Senior lecturer in
history; Darwin Institute of Technology.
"Happy the crew
commanded by the brave,
May they glide o’er in peace the mighty wave:
Success attend them whereso’er they roam.
Let them again review their native home.
Oh heaven! Keep them from all danger free.
Oh guide them safely o’er the boisterous sea.
Protect them power of infinity.
Be kind ye zephyrs, billows cease your roar,
E’er waft them gently to each far off shore;
And when each strait’s surveyed; explored each sea,
Gallant bark! Again we’ll welcome thee,
Loud in applause to manifest her joy
England shall welcome too the brave Fitzroy". |