378 GRATITUDE.

I said, that through the centre of this host T was ours to pass.

Who led us on our way ?

Who through that path of horror was our guide ? Sparing us breath to tell our friends at home A tale of those destroyers, who so oft With one strong buffet of their icy hands Have plunged the mightiest ship beneath the deep, Nor left a lip to syllable her fate.

Oh Thou ! who spread us not on Ocean s floor A sleeping-place unconsecrate with prayer, But brought us to our blessed homes again, And to the burial-places of our sires, Praise to Thy holy name !

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