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Flag and Fleet, by William Wood
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Title: Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas
Author: William Wood
Release Date: November 17, 2006 [EBook #19849]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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THE SEA IS HIS
Thy way is in the sea, and Thy path in the great waters, and Thy footsteps are not known. --Psalm LXXVII. v. 19.
The Sea is His: He made it, Black gulf and sunlit shoal From barriered bight to where the long Leagues of Atlantic roll: Small strait and ceaseless ocean He bade each one to be: The Sea is His: He made it-- And England keeps it free.
By pain and stress and striving Beyond the nations' ken, By vigils stern when others slept, By lives of many men; Through nights of storm, through dawnings Blacker than midnights be-- This sea that God created, England has kept it free.
Count me the splendid captains Who sailed with courage high To chart the perilous ways unknown-- Tell me where these men lie! To light a path for ships to come They moored at Dead Man's quay; The Sea is God's--He made it, And these men made it free.
Oh little land of England, Oh mother of hearts too brave, Men say this trust shall pass from thee Who guardest Nelson's grave. Aye, b