the Noster was a ship of swank
(as gallant as they come)
until she hit a mine and sank
just off the coast of Sum
precisely where a craft of cost
the Ergo perished later
all hands(you may recall)being lost
including captain Pater
Edward Estlin Cummings
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-noster-was-a-ship-of-swank/
