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“ Up with her, lads, and lift her!
All together!,r

And loving hearts arc on the shore,
Hoping, fearing;
TiU over the sea thore coitus a cheer.
Then the click of the oars you hear
Homeward steenn£—
Ne'er a 1 bought of tlx: danger past
Xovv Inc lads arc on land at last;
Whal:’s a storm Co a gallant crew
Who race for iife, and who win it, too?
Over the breakers wild,
Little they reck of wenfher,
But 'ear their wa\/
Through blinding spray.
Hear the skipper cheer and say,
“ Up with hej1, Lids, and lift her!
.All together! "

SACKi LEIGH-
F ) ESIDF. the wall, ard near the massive gate
J O £r^at temple in Jerusalem,
The legionary, i ’robn.-s, stood elate,
Hid eager <d asp circling a royal gem.

It was an offering made by some dead king
Unto the great Jehovah, when the sword
Amid his foes had mown ;> ghastly ring,
fH irlp^d by the dreaded angel of the Lord.

There, on his rival's crest, among the stain.
Through the rod harvest it hail clearly shone,