Cargoes
Cargoes by John Masefield<br />Read by Liam Neely.<br />Music: Edgar Galeano<br /><br />Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir,<br />Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine,<br />With a cargo of ivory,<br />And apes and peacocks,<br />Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.<br /><br />Stately Spanish galleon coming from the Isthmus,<br />Dipping through the Tropics by the palm-green shores,<br />With a cargo of diamonds,<br />Emeralds, amethysts,<br />Topazes, and cinnamon, and gold moidores.<br /><br />Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack,<br />Butting through the Channel in the mad March days,<br />With a cargo of Tyne coal,<br />Road-rails, pig-lead,<br />Firewood, iron-ware, and cheap tin trays.