Some of 'em have rather rough voyages, and come into port pretty well battered; land-sharks fall foul of a good many, and do a deal of damage; but most of 'em carry brave and tender hearts under the blue jackets, for their rough nurse, the sea, manages to keep something of the child alive in the grayest old tar that makes the world his picture-book.

Over the wild moor, in reddest dawn of morning, Gaily the huntsman down green droves must roam: Over the wild moor, in grayest wane of evening, Weary the huntsman comes wandering home; Home, home, If he has one.

Black and impassive they stand, alike in the brightest summer or the grayest winter, sighing restlessly in the breeze, but wailing piteously when the sea-winds sweep over the hill.

"It was a sunshiny day when I saw them, but they were well calculated to enliven the very grayest weather that England can produce.

Ashes denote that fire was; Respect the grayest pile For the departed creature's sake That hovered there awhile.

Ashes denote that fire was; Respect the grayest pile For the departed creature's sake That hovered there awhile.