Pretty Halcyon Days by Ogden Nash

....How pleasant to gaze at the sailors.
As their sailboats they manfully sail
With the vigor of vikings and whalers

a halcyon upon his perch

In the days of the vikings and whale.

They sport on the brink

Of the shad and the shark;

If its windy they sink;

If it isn't, they park.

It is pleasant to gaze at the sailors,

To gaze without having to sail.....

jpr: I never played vikings or pirates as a kid. Did I miss something?