_Some plunder large, some pilfer small, Some takes it straight, some on the bend: The same remark doth fit ’em all-- Of buccaneering there’s no end._ I seen a man I much admired Ranging the seas of all the world, Intent to take what he required, Where’er the Bloody Flag’s unfurled. He’s laid East Indiamen aboard And King’s ships too, and--what seems odd-- From pillaging a fairy hoard He turned to fill his hold with cod.…
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