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The glory of ships is an old old song	A
since the days when the sea rovers ran	B
In their open boats through the roaring surf	C
and the spread of the world began	B
The glory of ships is a light on the sea	D
and a star in the story of man	B
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When Homer sang of the galleys of Greece	E
that conquered the Trojan shore	F
And Solomon lauded the barks of Tyre that	G
brought great wealth to his door	F
'Twas little they knew those ancient men	H
what would come of the sail and the oar	F
	-
The Greek ships rescued the West from the East	I
when they harried the Persians home	J
And the Roman ships were the wings of strength	K
that bore up the empire Rome	J
And the ships of Spain found a wide new world	L
far over the fields of foam	J
	-
Then the tribes of courage at last saw clear	M
that the ocean was not a bound	N
But a broad highway and a challenge to seek	O
for treasure as yet unfound	N
So the fearless ships fared forth to the search	P
in joy that the globe was round	N
	-
Their hulls were heightened their sails spread out	N
they grew with the growth of their quest	N
They opened the secret doors of the East	N
and the golden gates of the West	N
And many a city of high renown	Q
was proud of a ship on its crest	N
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The fleets of England and Holland and France	R
were at strife with each other and Spain	S
And battle and storm sent a myriad ships	T
to sleep in the depths of the main	S
But the seafaring spirit could never be drowned	N
and it filled up the fleets again	H
	-
They greatened and grew with the aid of steam	U
to a wonderful vast array	V
That carries the thoughts and the traffic of men	H
into every harbor and bay	V
And now in the world wide work of the ships	T
'tis England that leads the way	V
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O well for the leading that follows the law	W
of a common right on the sea	D
But ill for the leader who tries to hold	N
what belongs to mankind in fee	D
The way of the ships is an open way	V
and the ocean must ever be free	D
	-
Remember O first of the maritime folk	X
how the rise of your greatness began	B
It will live if you safeguard the round the world road	N
from the shame of a selfish ban	B
For the glory of ships is a light on the sea	D
and a star in the story of man	B

Henry Van Dyke

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