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قراءة كتاب The United Seas
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class="i0">We love our sea and thy reserve of strength,
For thou art indeed the favorite of our God,
For when the Son of Man spoke to the snarling waves,
Thou of all waters didst best obey and heed the Master's mandate, "Peace be still."
But He commanded not eternal quite and thou art somewhat falsely famed.
For when necessity's hour arrives,
Thou with all violent seas canst throb from deepest heart;
With unrestrained power plunging to climb the skys, crushing against the rocks—
Sublimely tempestuous, majestic in rage, in fury glorious!
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And after the waters' landward assault,
To-day we can better ascend to observe the ocean's peace.
And here, great Sea!—
How naturally hovers infinity over that hemispheric calm,
As from this rocky, shore-projecting cliff
We behold thy endless expanse over meridians and the world, into and behind the sky—vast, serene, stupendous.
And as we gaze and worship and pray, drenched with omnipotence,
We dare with highest emotions declare
That God, not once but always, walks the seas.
To-day we can better ascend to observe the ocean's peace.
And here, great Sea!—
How naturally hovers infinity over that hemispheric calm,
As from this rocky, shore-projecting cliff
We behold thy endless expanse over meridians and the world, into and behind the sky—vast, serene, stupendous.
And as we gaze and worship and pray, drenched with omnipotence,
We dare with highest emotions declare
That God, not once but always, walks the seas.
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O life giving fount, a resurrecting breeze,
We cling to our sea, an army of men in cities and fields, on streams and on hills,
Because thou dost live and let live.
For daily thy breath kisses our shores with beauty and life,
Thy varying moods are an unspeakable comfort to all manly souls.
For thy grandeur holds an invisible gate of gold,
Through which sails a celestial mariner, the spirit of our Father, God.
We cling to our sea, an army of men in cities and fields, on streams and on hills,
Because thou dost live and let live.
For daily thy breath kisses our shores with beauty and life,
Thy varying moods are an unspeakable comfort to all manly souls.
For thy grandeur holds an invisible gate of gold,
Through which sails a celestial mariner, the spirit of our Father, God.
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O visitors to these enchanted shores,
Join the brotherhood of the brothers of the sea—
Not dreamers, but heroic men,
Who love our rock-ribbed, templed hills and gigantic trees, but better yet, our sea!
Take the shoes from off thy feet,
For here thou art on holy ground before nature's truest Angelus,
To feel the awe of power, to think as deep as truth,
And leave a noble soul to uplift the homes of friends.
Join the brotherhood of the brothers of the sea—
Not dreamers, but heroic men,
Who love our rock-ribbed, templed hills and gigantic trees, but better yet, our sea!
Take the shoes from off thy feet,
For here thou art on holy ground before nature's truest Angelus,
To feel the awe of power, to think as deep as truth,
And leave a noble soul to uplift the homes of friends.
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