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The stoLit male thought of home; a spray
Of Si"; 11: wave washed his swarthy check,
11 What shall I say, brave AdmVd say,
If we sight naught but seas at dawn? ”
L‘ Why, you shall say, at break of day,
" Sill on ! sail on ! iaii 0:11 and 011! "

They sailed and sailed, as winds might blow,
Unlit ul last the blanched male said,
"W hy, now not even God would know
Should I and all sr.y men fall dead.
These very winds forest tlmjr way,
For God from these dread seas is gone.
Now speak’, brave AdmYal, speak ;!.nd say— ”
He said, “ Sail on I sail on ! and on ! "

They sailed. They sailed. Tlicti spoke the mate,
" This mad sea shows its teed: to-night
He ciii'ls his lip, he lies in wail,
With lifted teeth as if to bite.
Brave Adm’ral, say bi;t one good word;
What shall we do when hope :s gone?J>
The words leapt as a leaping sword,
Jl Sail on ! sail on ! sail on ! and on ! >f

Then, pale and worn, he kepi his deck,
And peered through darkness. Ah, tint! night
Of ali dark nights! And then a speck—
A light ! A light! A light! A light 1
11 grew, a starlit flag unfurled,
II grew to be Time's burst of datfn.
He gained a world ; he gave that, world
It gran dost lesson— <J On I and on I "
J oaquin M il