The Seven SeasD. Appleton & Company, 1896 - 209 pages |
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... Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead . As the deer breaks - as the steer breaks - from the herd where they graze , In the faith of little children we went on our ways . Then the wood failed - then the food failed - then the ...
... Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead . As the deer breaks - as the steer breaks - from the herd where they graze , In the faith of little children we went on our ways . Then the wood failed - then the food failed - then the ...
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... souls in their de- gree : " Lo ! Earth has passed away On the smoke of Judgment Day . That Our word may be established shall We gather up the sea ? ” Loud sang the souls of the ... soul of Judas that betrayèd Him : 21 THE LAST CHANTEY •
... souls in their de- gree : " Lo ! Earth has passed away On the smoke of Judgment Day . That Our word may be established shall We gather up the sea ? ” Loud sang the souls of the ... soul of Judas that betrayèd Him : 21 THE LAST CHANTEY •
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Rudyard Kipling. Then said the soul of Judas that betrayèd Him : " Lord , hast Thou forgotten Thy covenant with me ... souls of the jolly , jolly mariners : " Nay , but we were angry , and a hasty folk are we ! If we worked the ship ...
Rudyard Kipling. Then said the soul of Judas that betrayèd Him : " Lord , hast Thou forgotten Thy covenant with me ... souls of the jolly , jolly mariners : " Nay , but we were angry , and a hasty folk are we ! If we worked the ship ...
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... soul of the stout Apostle Paul to God : " Once we frapped a ship , and she laboured woundily . There were fourteen ... souls of the jolly , jolly mariners , Plucking at their harps , and they plucked un- handily : " Our thumbs are rough ...
... soul of the stout Apostle Paul to God : " Once we frapped a ship , and she laboured woundily . There were fourteen ... souls of the jolly , jolly mariners , Plucking at their harps , and they plucked un- handily : " Our thumbs are rough ...
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... soul of a gray Gothavn ' speck- shioner- ( He that led the flinching in the fleets of fair Dundee ) : " Ho , the ... souls of the jolly , jolly mariners , Crying : " Under Heaven , here is neither lead nor lea ! Must we sing for evermore ...
... soul of a gray Gothavn ' speck- shioner- ( He that led the flinching in the fleets of fair Dundee ) : " Ho , the ... souls of the jolly , jolly mariners , Crying : " Under Heaven , here is neither lead nor lea ! Must we sing for evermore ...
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Page 209 - And only the Master shall praise us. and only the Master shall blame: And no one shall work for money. and no one shall work for fame. But each for the joy of the working. and each. in his separate star. Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They Are!
Page 6 - We were dreamers, dreaming greatly, in the manstifled town; We yearned beyond the sky-line where the strange roads go down. Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need. Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead.
Page 17 - Go to your work and be strong, halting not in your ways, Balking the end half-won for an instant dole of praise. Stand to your work and be wise — certain of sword and pen, Who are neither children nor Gods, but men in a world of men...
Page 25 - Then stooped the Lord, and He called the good sea up to Him, And 'stablished his borders unto all eternity, That such as have no pleasure For to praise the Lord by measure, They may enter into galleons and serve Him on the sea. Sun, wind, and cloud shall fail not from the face of it, Stinging, ringing spindrift, nor the fulmar flying free; And the ships shall go abroad To the Glory of the Lord Who heard the silly sailor-folk and gave them back their sea...
Page 2 - Keep ye the Law — be swift in all obedience — Clear the land of evil, drive the road and bridge the ford. Make ye sure to each his own That he reap where he hath sown ; By the peace among Our peoples let men know we serve the Lord!
Page 196 - eathen in 'is blindness bows down to wood an' stone ; 'E don't obey no orders unless they is 'is own ; 'E keeps 'is side-arms awful : 'e leaves 'em all about, An' then comes up the regiment an
Page 3 - neath us by the swinging, smoking seas. From reef and rock and skerry — over headland, ness, and voe — The Coastwise Lights of England watch the ships of England go!
Page 172 - Oogli, Shy as a girl to begin; Aggie de Castrer she made me, An' Aggie was clever as sin; Older than me, but my first un— More like a mother she were— Showed me the way to promotion an' pay, An' I learned about women from 'er!
Page 44 - Mornin' Stars for joy that they are made; While, out o' touch o' vanity, the sweatin' thrust-block says: "Not unto us the praise, or man — not unto us the praise!" Now, a' together, hear them lift their lesson — theirs an' mine: "Law, Orrder, Duty an' Restraint, Obedience, Discipline!" Mill, forge an' try-pit taught them that when roarin' they arose, An' whiles I wonder if a soul was gied them wi
Page 8 - We have fed our sea for a thousand years And she calls us, still unfed, Though there's never a wave of all her waves But marks our English dead: We have strawed our best to the weed's unrest, To the shark and the sheering gull. If blood be the price of admiralty, Lord God, we ha