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The poetical works of Henry Alford

Fifth edition, containing many pieces now first collected

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“Nights and days on the watery ways
Our vessel hath slidden on,

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Our arms have never tired of toil,
Our stores have long been done;
Sweet Jesus hath sped us over the wave,
By coasts and along the sea,
And we sing, as we pass each rising land,
Tibi gloria Domine.