_.. Another. ship: of fighting: teh im, -

Has quit

her’ port security,

. “Let go. aftl’’. and “Slip: the .. springs!’’. se Bursts the loud-hail up aloft, 2 “Headline’s. gonel“ =a seaman — sings.. BY Fog fades ship with outline soft. | wo OS Into.the murky stream she swings, oo BR Churning, past a town, then croft. . _ Co Be

THE HERALD, Wednesday, November 10, 1

A sudden drop of dripping bow,

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Throws up a wave that heaves to skies, “And = rolling back on deck’ ‘from = prow, Hits full the seaman, pulls ‘and pries. The clenching fingers-slipping now,

* And sereeching wind does kill his”

i | ~The elements empower no side, 2 They aid the two or mock their war.

“cries.

To take her place among the grim, _ -And-uncouth battles of the sea. She guards her loaded ocean kin,

For raging storms all men_divide, Make foe an irritating sore, -. Attended to when seas subside,

Which transport death to- enemy. Bo Es ~ "And then man’s "battle takes > the “fore. Po ‘eo ER. BO. + a er The easing storm has left the ships Sot Away from land still in effect, ee a Dispersed like = spores before a. breeze, — M ere rolling. water seems ‘ to _Preathe, - & & © - . To give the foe the ease to slip os oF lalestic ‘Ships and tramps: collect, eB . Besides its prey with deadly ease. ae "And yet each ac graceful ease, 3 E “Explosions, fires and screamis from.tips = ls hard to hold in heaving seas. prune ‘Frequent the now polluted seas. _ eres The escorts search long days from land, ee ae winds now whip from out the North, , ne Their weary crews their b a and find 7 _ .;To take the water asa mold, ie Remaining members of their’ ban ae And feral fingers soon bring forth Behr cig & ©. But . constant strain. shows ~ faces. tined,. Tall cliffs and chasms grey and. cold. # - & & . And still the scudding seas are scanned, ns . All ships turn . white with. frozen ‘froth, » & «. mg For. . those = which _ Neptune - had declined. To form a beauteous weighted hold. 7 rn Oo . Be Oe . The edge of sea and-lip of dome, Some - escorts turn with sudden dash = 8 2. Are pried apart by distant shore. So porpoise-like in playful jest. . re ee re: a _Lives. snatched from seas ‘eternal home, — dea le - They dive and shudder roll and splash,’ @Qagpoo |. veaye fs shies and’ panes fon ocean floors: a “With, steel and sea. -in = constant’ wrest. _ Wa r - ay, en rou the cen. y wh ang joa: ae . They surge and slow in endless. clash, -~ ” coo, ROW men © sea: no only. wer. - Protecting ships from out the West. BS ; e 8 "Make fast aft!” “Secure the springs!” mo a | Bo a oe Bursts the loud-hail from the mast. Below at night the lights are blue, © > a ae! | 7 ” For eyes must quickly pierce the dark.) 0% - $e -“'Headline’s out” a seaman sings, Sp Oe _. To climb from out this eerie huey. Gone. those thoughts: dark. days. past. . A-seaman uses care and cark. Og eet _ Larid to each on board does ‘pring caer He gropes his way as blindmen, do 0. 5 BR RR _ Joys of. soul released af last. . ‘With = every —s measured - footstep © omark, BE Roy M. Greening, C.D. . ee - Do, oo, . rr Te - Capt. (Red) Te ee, - Now he feels his blackened way, rer OO

~ Relieving.soon his lookout mate, 2. oe - And musing on this deathly. play we ga ; Of wind and sea and noise and. hate. But sights of war are lost this day,” ’ AS fempests now dictate his fate..

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