Quinquerime

Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir

Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine

With a cargo of ivory

And apes and peacocks

Sandalwood, cedarwood and sweet white wine

Stately Spanish galleon coming from the Isthmus

Dipping through the Tropics by the palm-green shores

With a cargo of diamonds

Emeralds, amethysts

Topazes, and cinnamon, and gold moidores

Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir

Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine

With a cargo of ivory

And apes and peacocks, sandalwood

Cedarwood and sweet white wine

Stately Spanish galleon coming from the Isthmus

Dipping through the Tropics by the palm-green shores

With a cargo of diamonds

Emeralds, amethysts

Topazes, and cinnamon, and gold moidores

Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir

Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine

With a cargo of ivory

And apes and peacocks

Sandalwood...