“...The pilot took charge of the vessel, the men were ordered to man the windlass, which order was obeyed with alacrity. Faces diminished in longitude, and were lighted up with smiles. The anchor song of “Yeo, heave O,” never sounded more musical or inspiring than on that occasion.”
[Jack in the Forecastle Or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale [pseud.], Sleeper, 1860]
John Sherburne Sleeper (1794–1878)