That ever wind did blow."

He wrapped her warm in his seaman's coat,
Against the stinging blast;
He cut a rope from a broken spar,
And bound her to the mast.


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"O father! I hear the church-bells ring;
O say, what may it be?"--
"'Tis a fog-bell on a rock-bound coast!"--
And he steered for the open sea.

"O father! I hear the sound of guns;
O say, what may it be?"--
"Some ship in distress, that cannot live
In such an angry sea!"


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