Till she streamed with blood in a crimson flood
From the deck to the cabin door.

"The seals were piled in confusion wild
On deck, by a seaman there;
While the hold was stored and the cabin floored
Whenever he'd time to spare,

"For they had to sail before the pale
Light came of a breaking day;
Lest the sealing guard should follow hard
And capture them with their prey."

* * * *

"In the dawn's pale light that followed the night
The sealing guard went round;
But the bloody turf, by the edge of the surf,
Was the only sign they found;

"For a curtain fell on the Behring swell
And hid the schooner's flight;
But they lay the blame on Hansen's name
For the lawless deeds that night."

[1]Pribilofs--a group of islands in Behring Sea, where the fur
seal breeds.

[2]Aleut--a native of the Aleutian Islands.