we met the silent that know the seven seas for down a cruel ice lane that opened as he sped we saw dead henry steer north by west his dead so dealt god s waters with us beneath the roaring skies so walked his signs and all naked to our eyes but we were heading homeward with trade to lose or make � good lord they slipped behind us in the of our let go let go the now at heart are we to bring so poor a cargo home that had for gift the sea let go the great bow � ah fools were we and blind � the worst we stored with utter toil the best we left behind the � cross seas � round the world and back again whither flaw shall fail us or the trades drive down plain sail � storm sail � lay your and tack again � and all to bring a cargo up to london town the seven seas m hymn lord thou hast made this world below the shadow of a dream an taught by time i it so � always steam from to guide i see thy hand o god in the stride o yon rod john might ha the same � enormous certain slow � ay wrought it in the furnace flame � my i cannot get my sleep to night old bones are hard to please i ll stand the middle watch up here � alone wi god an these my engines after ninety days o race an rack an strain m hymn through all the seas of all thy world home again bang too much � they knock a � the are loose but thirty thousand mile o sea has them fair excuse fine dear an dark � a full draught breeze wi out o sight an hay old girl ye u walk tonight his wife s at seventy � one � two � three since he began � three turns for mistress and who s to blame the man there s none at any port for me by fast or slow since went to thee lord thirty years ago the year the sands was burned oh roads we used to tread to � to the seven seas not but they re on the board yell hear sir say good m back again an how s your to day but me my chair to drink wi three the fleet engineer that started as a � when steam and he were low i mind the time we used to serve a broken pipe wi tow ten pound was all the pressure then � eh eh � a man drive an here our give one fifty five we re on wi each new � less weight an larger power there ll be the next an thirty knots an hour thirty an more what i ha seen since ocean steam began leaves me no for the machine but what about the man m hymn the man that counts wi all his runs one million mile o sea four time the span from earth to moon how far o lord from thee that beside him night an day ye mind my first it the on his way to wi the saloon three feet were on the floor � just to an fro � an cast me on a furnace floor i have the marks to show marks i ha marks o more than burns � deep in my soul an black an times like this when things go smooth my comes back the sins o four and forty years all up an down the seas an repeat like half fed s our nights when i d come on deck to mark wi envy in my gaze the seven the couples in the dark between the stays years when i the ports wi pride to fill my cup o wrong � judge not o lord my steps aside at gay street in blot out the hours of mine in sin when i abode � jane s an number nine the an grant road an than all � my sin � rank an wild i was not four and twenty then � ye judge a child seen the first that run � new new smells new air � how could i tell � blind wi sim � the was there by day like scenes the shore slid past our sleepy eyes by night those soft stars fi om those velvet skies m in port we used no cargo steam down the streets � an in a dream � for shells an an sticks o carved an stuffed an dried � my wi the chief put till off head ye mind i heard a ca milk warm wi breath o an bloom m come t firm clear an low � no haste no hate � the ghostly whisper went just facts all argument your s god s a the shadow o got out o books by clean oil heaven an hell they him in the o cold an dirt a jealous lad that s only strong to hurt the seven seas ye ll not go back to him again an kiss les rod but come wi us now who were th y an know the god that does not souls for sport or break a life in jest but the an the woman s breast an there it stopped cut off no more that quiet certain voice � for me six months o twenty four to leave or take at choice twas on me like a � it me through an through � temptation past the show o speech an new � the sin against the holy ghost an under all our screw that storm blew by but left behind her swell all my heart an mind thou lord i fell m hymn third m the mary then and first that night in yet 