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shot in Nombre Dios Bay An dreamin
Slung atween the round shot in Nombre Dios Bay, An' dreamin' arl the time o' Plymouth Hoe.
— from Poems of To-Day: an Anthology by Various

soul is now disturbed by a dread
His soul is now disturbed by a dread of the supernatural.
— from The Death Shot: A Story Retold by Mayne Reid

shot in Nombre Dios Bay An dreamin
The night of Trafalgar!" {16} Drake's Drum Drake he's in his hammock an' a thousand mile away, (Capten, art tha sleepin' there below?), Slung atween the round shot in Nombre Dios Bay, An' dreamin' arl the time o' Plymouth Hoe.
— from Poems: New and Old by Newbolt, Henry John, Sir

shot in Nombre Dios Bay An dreamin
Devon and Plymouth suggest Elizabethan days and one man’s name flashes uppermost, but— “Drake he’s in his hammock, but a thousand mile away (Capten, art tha sleepin’ there below?), Slung atween the round shot in Nombre Dios Bay, An’ dreamin’ arl the time o’ Plymouth Hoe.”
— from Chats on English China by Arthur Hayden

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