The Seven SeasD. Appleton & Company, 1896 - 209 pages |
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... hold her fame That stands all fame beyond , By oath to back the same , Most faithful - foolish - fond ; Making her mere - breathed name Their bond upon their bond . ) . So thank I God my birth Fell not in isles aside- Waste headlands of ...
... hold her fame That stands all fame beyond , By oath to back the same , Most faithful - foolish - fond ; Making her mere - breathed name Their bond upon their bond . ) . So thank I God my birth Fell not in isles aside- Waste headlands of ...
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... ( Orderly , ancient , fit ) My deep - sea plunderings , And purchase in all lands . And this we do for a sign Her power is over mine , And mine I hold at her hands . A SONG OF THE ENGLISH . Fair is our lot medication . vii.
... ( Orderly , ancient , fit ) My deep - sea plunderings , And purchase in all lands . And this we do for a sign Her power is over mine , And mine I hold at her hands . A SONG OF THE ENGLISH . Fair is our lot medication . vii.
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... evil counsellors - the Lord shall deal with them . Hold ye the Faith the Faith our Fathers sealed us ; Whoring not with visions - overwise and overstale . Except ye pay the Lord Single heart and single sword 1 A SONG OF THE ENGLISH.
... evil counsellors - the Lord shall deal with them . Hold ye the Faith the Faith our Fathers sealed us ; Whoring not with visions - overwise and overstale . Except ye pay the Lord Single heart and single sword 1 A SONG OF THE ENGLISH.
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... - captain loved , the River built , Wealth sought and Kings adventured life to hold . Hail , England ! I am Asia - Power on silt , Death in my hands , but Gold ! Madras . Clive kissed me on the mouth and eyes A Song of the English . II.
... - captain loved , the River built , Wealth sought and Kings adventured life to hold . Hail , England ! I am Asia - Power on silt , Death in my hands , but Gold ! Madras . Clive kissed me on the mouth and eyes A Song of the English . II.
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... Hold me fast ; my Praya sleeps Under innumerable keels to - day . Yet guard ( and landward ) or to - morrow sweeps Thy warships down the bay . Halifax . Into the mist my guardian prows put forth 12 A Song of the English .
... Hold me fast ; my Praya sleeps Under innumerable keels to - day . Yet guard ( and landward ) or to - morrow sweeps Thy warships down the bay . Halifax . Into the mist my guardian prows put forth 12 A Song of the English .
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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 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 25 - stablished its 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 174 - What did the Colonel's Lady think? Nobody never knew. Somebody asked the Sergeant's wife, An' she told 'em true! When you get to a man in the case, They're like as a row of pins — For the Colonel's Lady an' Judy O'Grady Are sisters under their skins!
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