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And since he rowed his father home	A
His hand has never touched an oar	B
All day he wanders on the shore	B
And hearkens to the swishing foam	A
Though blind from birth he still could row	C
As well as any lad with sight	D
And knew strange things that none may know	C
Save those who live without the light	D
	-
When they put out that Summer eve	E
To sink the lobster pots at sea	F
The sun was crimson in the sky	G
And not a breath was in the sky	G
The brooding thunder laden sky	G
That heavily and wearily	F
Weighed down upon the waveless sea	F
That scarcely seamed to heave	E
	-
The pots were safely sunk and then	H
The father gave the word for home	A
He took the tiller in his hand	I
And in hi s heart already home	A
He brought her nose round towards the land	I
To steer her straight for home	A
	-
He never spoke	J
Nor stirred again	H
A sudden stroke	J
And he lay dead	K
With staring eyes and lips off lead	K
	-
The son rowed on and nothing feared	L
And sometimes merrily	F
He lifted up his voice and sang	M
Both high and low	C
And loud and sweet	N
For he was ever gay at sea	F
And ever glad to row	C
And rowed as only blind men row	C
And little did the blind lad know	C
That death was at his feet	N
For still he thought his father steered	L
Nor knew that he was all alone	O
With death upon the open sea	F
So merrily he rowed and sang	M
And strangely on the silence rang	M
That lonely melody	F
As through the livid brooding gloam	A
By rock and reef he rowed for home	A
The blind man rowed the dead man home	A
	-
But as they neared the shore	B
He rested on his oar	B
And wondering that his father kept	P
So very quiet in the stern	Q
He laughed and asked him if he slept	P
And vowed he heard him snore just now	R
Though when his father spoke no word	S
A sudden fear upon him came	T
And crying on his father's name	T
With flinching heart he heard	S
The water lapping on the shore	B
And all his blood ran cold to feel	U
The shingle grate beneath the keel	U
And stretching over towards the stern	Q
His knuckle touched the dead man's brow	R
	-
But help was near at hand	I
And safe he came to land	I
Though none has ever known	O
How he rowed in alone	O
And never touched a reef	V
Some say they saw the dead man steer	W
The dead man steer the blind man home	A
Though when they found him dead	K
His hand was cold as lead	K
	-
So ever restless to and fro	C
In every sort of weather	X
The blind lad wanders on the shore	B
And hearkens to the foam	A
His hand has never touched an oar	B
Since they came home together	X
The blind who rowed his father home	A
The dear who steered his blind son home	A

Wilfrid Wilson Gibson

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