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LIKE one who meets a staggering blow	A
The stout old ship doth reel	B
And waters vast go seething past	C
But will it last this fearful blast	C
On straining shroud and groaning mast	C
O sailor at the wheel	B
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His face is smitten with the wind	D
His cheeks are chilled with rain	E
And you were right his hair is white	F
But eyes are calm and heart is light	F
He does not fear the strife to night	F
He knows the roaring main	E
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Ho Sailor Will to morrow bring	G
The hours of pleasant rest	H
An answer low I do not know	A
The thunders grow and far winds blow	A
But storms may come and storms may go	A
Our God He judgeth best	H
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Now you are right brave mariner	I
But we are not like you	J
We used to shore our fates deplore	K
And fear the more when waters roar	K
So few amongst us look before	K
Or stop to think that Heaven is o er	I
Ah what you say is true	J
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And those who go abroad in ships	L
Who seldom see the land	M
But sail and stray so far away	N
Should trust and pray for are not they	N
When Darkness blinds them on their way	N
All guided by God s hand	M
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But you are wrinkled grey and worn	O
Tis time you dwelt in peace	P
Your prime is past we fail so fast	C
You may not last through every blast	C
And oh tis fearful to be cast	C
Amongst the smothering seas	Q
	-
Is there no absent face to love	R
That you must live alone	S
If faith did fade if friends betrayed	T
And turned and staid resolves you d made	T
Ah still tis pleasant to be laid	T
Where you at least are known	S
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The answer slides betwixt our words	U
The season shines and glooms	U
On ship and strand on sea and land	M
But life must go and Time is spanned	M
As well you know when out you stand	M
With Death amongst the tombs	U
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It matters not to one so old	V
Who mourns when Fate comes round	W
And one may sleep down in the deep	X
As well as those beneath the heap	X
That fifty stormy years will sweep	X
And trample to the ground	W
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Your speech is wise brave mariner	I
And we would let you be	Y
You speak with truth you strive to soothe	Z
But oh the wrecks of Love and Truth	A2
What say you to our tears for Youth	A2
And Beauty drowned at sea	Y
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Oh talk not of the Beauty lost	B2
Since first these decks I trod	C2
The hopeless stare on faces fair	D2
The streaming bare dishevelled hair	D2
The wild despair the sinking where	D2
Oh where oh where My God	C2

Henry Kendall

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