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POEMS AND SONGS
NORWEGIAN SEAMEN’S SONG
(FOR THE STAVANGER REGATTA, 1868)
Norwecian seamen are
A folk grown strong ’neath sail and spar;
Where boats can find a way,
The best men there are they.
On high seas or at home,
In calm or when the storm-waves comb,
To God their prayer they make,
Their lives they gladly stake.
Incessant is their strife,
They wage with death a war for life,
And dear their souls they sell
In conflicts none can tell.
All that is commonplace
In history seldom leaves its trace,
And often none is there,
The tidings home to bear.
But fishing-boats in need
Have shown so many a daring deed
Of courage fine and skill,
Though unrecorded still.
And many a seaman’s head
A wreath of sea-weed wore when dead,
Whose name should shine in gold
Among great heroes bold.
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