Fishermen's Memorial Prayer - Gloucester, MA Fishermen's Memorial Prayer - Gloucester, MA in Maritime Monuments and Memorials Posted by: neoc1 N 42° 36.600 W 070° 40.217 19T E 362998 N 4718859 Quick Description: A poignant poem attached to an anchor is set amid the Fishermen's Memorial in Gloucester. Location: Massachusetts, United States Waymark Code: WMCWRP Published By: DudleyGrunt Views: 4

Long Description:

The Fishermen's Memorial, next to the famous "Man at the Wheel" statue in Gloucester Harbor, contains a large explanatory monument and nine separate monuments with the names of all 5368 Gloucester fishermen who have died at sea. Between these are anchors. The center anchor carries this memorial prayer written by Neal Kleindiest.



"LET A PRAYER BE SAID"



"We'd laugh and play

all the day,

between his labors at sea.

Now that's changed,

my days rearranged.

He's no longer there for me.



I heard it said,

what I most dreaded

and feared the long nights through,

that a ship was lost

at the terrible cost

of her captain and the crew.



What can I say

of that tragic day?

What dirge be upon my lips?

Let a prayer be said

for her dead,

they that do gown to the sea in ships."



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Sponsor(s): City of Gloucester



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