Stan Rogers Quotes

“Rise again
Rise again
That her name not be lost to the knowledge of men.”

“To seek a Northwest Passage at the call of many men
To find there but the road back home again.”

“Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a northwest passage to the sea.”

“Oh, the year was seventeen seventy-eight (how I wish I was in Sherbrooke now!)”

“Seeking gold and glory, leaving weathered, broken bones
And a long-forgotten lonely cairn of stones.”

“No matter what you've lost
Be it a home, a love, a friend
Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.”

“God damn them all!
I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold
we'd fire no guns -- shed no tears!
Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's Privateers.”

“And you to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go”