A fair fleet fell into vice.
Frigates did us in, broke,
creeping at the scuttle,
the sea exceeding us
in business and in bed.
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 27 March 1660.
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Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003.
A fair fleet fell into vice.
Frigates did us in, broke,
creeping at the scuttle,
the sea exceeding us
in business and in bed.
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 27 March 1660.