The Arctic Queen.

To

DR. ELISHA KENT KANE,

COMMANDER OF THE GRINNELL EXPEDITION

IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN--

THIS POEM IS DEDICATED:

WITH SINCEREST ADMIRATION OF HIS ENTERPRISE, COURAGE AND
HEROIC SELF-DEVOTION,

AND OF HIS SUCCESS AS DISCOVERER

OF THE

OPEN POLAR SEA.




THE ARCTIC QUEEN.


PART FIRST.

OENE, of all the chilly Arctics, queen,