OUR HERITAGE.
A wet sheet and a. flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And (ills the white and rustling sail And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While like (lie eagle free Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 0 for a soft and gentle wind! I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the snoring breeze And white waves heaving high; And white waves heaving high, my lad, The good ship tight and free: The. world of waters is our home, And merry men arc wc. There's tempest in yon horned moon, And lightning in yon cloud; But hark the music, mariners! The wind is piping loud; The wind is piping loud, my boys, The lightning flashes free: While the hollow oak our palace is, Our heritage the sea. —Allan Cunningham.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21100, 6 February 1932, Page 4 (Supplement)
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