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One Hundred Holy Songs, Carols, and Sacred Ballads

Original, and suitable for music [by Jean Ingelow]

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Once the fishers Thine appearing
Saw, and cried for aid;
Want and toil behold Thee nearing
Now, no more afraid.
Dear to misery's sons and daughters,
Now Thy visits be,
Walking on the whelming waters
Of their stormy sea.