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Life-boat Heroes.
THE UPSETTING OF THE ST. ANNE'S LIFEBOAT. DECEMBER, 1886.
Lost in the passionate surges of the sea,
Lost in the moonwhite waters and the wind,
Our hearts that follow after them, shall find
Their souls unhurt where'er their bodies be.
For they have out-faced Death, and they are free,
Free with the name of Heroes, and the mind
Of Him who died to succour human kind,
For life they gave their own a willing fee.
Lost in the moonwhite waters and the wind,
Our hearts that follow after them, shall find
Their souls unhurt where'er their bodies be.
For they have out-faced Death, and they are free,
Free with the name of Heroes, and the mind
Of Him who died to succour human kind,
For life they gave their own a willing fee.
Their babes may wail, their wives and lovers weep,
Sad tides may drift their treacherous boat ashore
And moan along the melancholy sands;
But when the rocket leaps with faithful hands
I know strong hearts will pull as stout an oar
And breast a fiercer storm for those who sleep.
Sad tides may drift their treacherous boat ashore
And moan along the melancholy sands;
But when the rocket leaps with faithful hands
I know strong hearts will pull as stout an oar
And breast a fiercer storm for those who sleep.
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