Embers, Volume 3. by Gilbert Parker
page 30 of 44 (68%)
page 30 of 44 (68%)
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They both look after the Twins:
The Twins that drive her to do her best Where the Roaring Forties rage From the Fastnet Height to the Liberty Light, And the Customs landing-stage. Where the crank-shafts pitch in the iron ditch, Where the main-shaft swims and glides, Where the boilers keep, in the sullen deep, A master-hand on the Tides; Where the reeking shuttle and booming bar Keep time in the hum of the toiling hive,-- The men of the deep, while the travellers sleep, Their steel-clad coursers drive. And Davy Jones' locker is full Of the labour that moves the world; And brave they be who serve the sea To keep our flags unfurled: The Union Jack and the Stripes and Stars, Gallant and free and true, In a world-wide trade, and a fame well made, And humanity's work to do. Now list, ye landsmen, as ye roam, To the voice of the men offshore, Who've sailed in the old ship Never Return, |
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