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A RACE FOR LIFE.

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TT (j I.'X i.n heard At the dead o( night-—
^TJL “ Lifeboat ready!"
And every man, to the signal true,
Fights for place in the eager crew;
ir Now, lads ! steadv.”
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First a glance at the shLieclering foam,
Mow a look at the loving home,
Ti'.c’i together, with bated breath,
riicv UiiMidi their boat in the gulf of death.
Over the "breakers wild.
Little they reek of weather,
Ibt fear til dr way
Through blinding spray.
Hear the skipper eheer and say!
“ Up with her, lads, and lift her I
All together!"
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They see the ship in a sudden flash
Sinking ever,
And grip their oar?; with a deeper breatit,
Now it\5 come to a fight with death,
Now or never!
Fifty strokes, and they're it her sids,
I f they live in the boiling tide,
If they last through the awful si.rife.
Ah, my lads, it's a race for life!
Over the breakers wild,
Little they reek of weather,
JJut tear the way
Through blinding spray.
Hear the shipper cheer and say