MERCHANTMEN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14572, 6 April 1918, Page 8

MERCHANTMEN.

• ,v ■ '■• ■****? ■• .-. - ■ Y. ■-" All honor w to merchantmen, And fchips of all degree, ' In war- like dangers nlanifold, ; Who .sail and keep „the, sea, , In peril of inilitten. coast And death -besprinkled foam, *; Who daily dare a hundred deaths To bring their cargoes home.. A liner out of Liverpool— a tanker from, the Clyde—- . A hard-run tramp from any wlty»re— a •tug' from Merseyside-^-- ,■''*' A cattle-boat from. Birkenhead — a •coaler from the Tyiie-^-All honor be.'^tb niefchantmen while any. star shall shinte ! All honor be to merchantnien; And ships both giteat and small, The swift and strong "to mn their race Aaid, finite their fo*s withal; ' The little ships that sink or swim, And pay the pi rates' 'toll, ' Unarmoured save b\r TOliaiVt' hearts, And strong in noiu^jllt but soul. All honor be to^mercbAntmen, As long as tides shallH'UTi, '.• Who the' ; "seas thefer'gl6ripUs dead From rise to set of sun ; - . All honor be to merchantmen While. England's name shall stand, Who 'sailed and foiight, and dared and "•■died-, ' ' '-•" And served .and' savod their 'land. ,<•>.- .. •., -, A sailiug ship from Liverpool-— a tanker frOm thp Clyde-~ .-■; :Vv-i A schooner from the •Westi'Countrie^ — a, tug from Merseyside— -:■:. A fishing smack from Grimsby town— a coaler from the Tyne^ All hoiniiVjJo to 3«6Kehantmen while I sun and moon shall .shlno-, ' ■ r^C. Fox Smith. —————— ._..