The Seven SeasD. Appleton & Company, 1896 - 209 pages |
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... man's hate made me Hell ; For my babes ' sake I cleansed those infamies . Earnest for leave to live and labour well God flung me peace and ease . Auckland . Last , loneliest , loveliest , exquisite , 14 A Song of the English .
... man's hate made me Hell ; For my babes ' sake I cleansed those infamies . Earnest for leave to live and labour well God flung me peace and ease . Auckland . Last , loneliest , loveliest , exquisite , 14 A Song of the English .
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... gazing , Cleared He the womb of the world , huge and amazing ! This we beheld ( and we live ) —the Pit of the Burning , Then the God spoke to the tree for our returning ; Back to the beach of our flight , fearless and The First Chantey .
... gazing , Cleared He the womb of the world , huge and amazing ! This we beheld ( and we live ) —the Pit of the Burning , Then the God spoke to the tree for our returning ; Back to the beach of our flight , fearless and The First Chantey .
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... lives are on my head . Mine at the last - when all is done it all comes back to me , The fault that leaves six thousand ton a log upon the sea . We'll tak ' one stretch - three weeks an ' odd by any road ye steer— Fra ' Cape Town east ...
... lives are on my head . Mine at the last - when all is done it all comes back to me , The fault that leaves six thousand ton a log upon the sea . We'll tak ' one stretch - three weeks an ' odd by any road ye steer— Fra ' Cape Town east ...
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... live and know , Let a fellow sing o ' the little things he cares about , If a fellow fights for the little things he cares about With the weight of a single blow ! To the smoke of a hundred coasters , To the sheep on a thousand hills ...
... live and know , Let a fellow sing o ' the little things he cares about , If a fellow fights for the little things he cares about With the weight of a single blow ! To the smoke of a hundred coasters , To the sheep on a thousand hills ...
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... live to see no bloom- in ' victory ! Cheer ! An ' we'll never live to ' ear the cannon roar ! ( One cheer more ! ) The jackal an ' the kite ' Ave an ' ealthy appetite , An ' you'll never see your soldiers any more ! ( ' Ip ! Urroar ...
... live to see no bloom- in ' victory ! Cheer ! An ' we'll never live to ' ear the cannon roar ! ( One cheer more ! ) The jackal an ' the kite ' Ave an ' ealthy appetite , An ' you'll never see your soldiers any more ! ( ' Ip ! Urroar ...
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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