A Sailor King

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12769, 27 January 1936, Page 5

A Sailor King

Ho had given Ills heart to the vva and the ships ’ - As‘ none but -a /sail or may— To the sun and -the wind- and the ■salt 'on the i'i[Jy And the tang of the deepsea spray. He'had learned his-trade in the hard old school - . Wherein since time began, •Maii'fleafnetLto serve ere he learned 1 y /to rule,?'’.' • ■ • '■ V 1 Shipis* and his lellow-mian.

Ho. looked to ; tire sea and lie ■ looked '’, 1 to the shore ; • . He ,marked the signal,, clear! It ijade .hitn -foffow’ the sea uo 111010 Ancl; the life that lie held so dear It -caiied; hint back to the ciann tn birth Fhoiq ,the .shipk lie loved and knew To iaekle the- toughest-• of tasks; on . -'-iiarl lie-;-, , /pile job that’s a King’s 'to do! -

SfAME'N’S TRIBUTE

(BY C. Fbx Smith)

“Knglciutl expects”—as a sailor must When Duty bills obey, Lie' faced* : his task with the simple trust , That holds, through the darkest day He has stood his trick at the nation’s helm With a tangle of reefs apeo— Sailor and King who has served his realm j '. As a seaman served his sea !

He gave his youth to the ships and the sea Ho learned them from A to Z He ban known them in war, Ire has known them in' peace Under'ensigiis'white and red; Battleship/ liner, 'trawling fleet, •'Let their trade .bp what it may , They are the; King’s '..ships all that are gathered In inmu'U ■ • Sailor and- King to-klny; - ■