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Though the Gods of the night lie rotten
The hills and the sands and the beaches,
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BY THE NORTH SEA.
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And their honour be taken away
And the noise of their names forgotten,
Thou, Lord, art God of the day.
Thou art father and saviour and spirit,
O Sun, of the soul that is free
And hath grace of thy grace to inherit
Thine earth and thy sea.
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The waters adrift and afar,
The banks and the creeks and the reaches,
How glad of thee all these are!
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