Cargoes by John Masefieldbr Read by Liam Neely.br Music: Edgar Galeanobr br Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir,br Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine,br With a cargo of ivory,br And apes and peacocks,br Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.br br Stately Spanish galleon coming from the Isthmus,br Dipping through the Tropics by the palm-green shores,br With a cargo of diamonds,br Emeralds, amethysts,br Topazes, and cinnamon, and gold moidores.br br Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack,br Butting through the Channel in the mad March days,br With a cargo of Tyne coal,br Road-rails, pig-lead,br Firewood, iron-ware, and cheap tin trays.