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THE sky is ruddy in the east	A
The earth is gray below	B
And spectral in the river mist	C
The ship's white timbers show	B
Then let the sounds of measured stroke	D
And grating saw begin	E
The broad axe to the gnarl d oak	D
The mallet to the pin	E
Hark roars the bellows blast on blast	F
The sooty smithy jars	G
And fire sparks rising far and fast	F
Are fading with the stars	G
All day for us the smith shall stand	H
Beside that flashing forge	I
All day for us his heavy hand	H
The groaning anvil scourge	J
From far off hills the panting team	K
For us is toiling near	L
For us the raftsmen down the stream	K
Their island barges steer	L
Rings out for us the axe man's stroke	D
In forests old and still	M
For us the century circled oak	D
Falls crashing down his hill	M
Up up in nobler toil than ours	N
No craftsmen bear a part	O
We make of Nature's giant powers	N
The slaves of human Art	O
Lay rib to rib and beam to beam	K
And drive the treenails free	P
Nor faithless joint nor yawning seam	K
Shall tempt the searching sea	P
Where'er the keel of our good ship	Q
The sea's rough field shall plough	R
Where'er her tossing spars shall drip	Q
With salt spray caught below	B
That ship must heed her master's beck	S
Her helm obey his hand	H
And seamen tread her reeling deck	S
As if they trod the land	H
Her oaken ribs the vulture beak	T
Of Northern ice may peel	U
The sunken rock and coral peak	T
May grate along her keel	U
And know we well the painted shell	V
We give to wind and wave	W
Must float the sailor's citadel	V
Or sink the sailor's grave	W
Ho strike away the bars and blocks	X
And set the good ship free	P
Why lingers on these dusty rocks	X
The young bride of the sea	P
Look how she moves adown the grooves	Y
In graceful beauty now	R
How lowly on the breast she loves	Z
Sinks down her virgin prow	R
God bless her wheresoe'er the breeze	A2
Her snowy wing shall fan	B2
Aside the frozen Hebrides	A2
Or sultry Hindostan	B2
Where'er in mart or on the main	B2
With peaceful flag unfurled	C2
She helps to wind the silken chain	B2
Of commerce round the world	C2
Speed on the ship But let her bear	D2
No merchandise of sin	B2
No groaning cargo of despair	D2
Her roomy hold within	B2
No Lethean drug for Eastern lands	E2
For poison draught for ours	N
But honest fruits of toiling hands	E2
And Nature's sun and showers	N
Be hers the Prairie's golden grain	B2
The Desert's golden sand	H
The clustered fruits of sunny Spain	B2
The spice of Morning land	H
Her pathway on the open main	B2
May blessings follow free	P
And glad hearts welcome back again	B2
Her white sails from the sea	P

John Greenleaf Whittier

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