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 | Verses by W. H. Mallock |  |
‘Ah, but once—once long ago,
Came there a ship white-sailed
From the country beyond, with bright
Oarsmen, and men that sang;
Came to humanity's coasts,
Called to the men on the shore,
Joyously touched at the port.
Came there a ship white-sailed
From the country beyond, with bright
Oarsmen, and men that sang;
Came to humanity's coasts,
Called to the men on the shore,
Joyously touched at the port.
Then did time-weary man
Climb the bulwarks, the deck
Eagerly crowding. Anon
With jubilant voices raised,
And singing, “When Israel came
Out of Egypt,” and whatso else
In the Psalm is written, they passed
Out of the ken of the land,
Over the far sea-line,
To the unknown region beyond.
Climb the bulwarks, the deck
Eagerly crowding. Anon
With jubilant voices raised,
And singing, “When Israel came
Out of Egypt,” and whatso else
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Out of the ken of the land,
Over the far sea-line,
To the unknown region beyond.
| Verses by W. H. Mallock | |