The Abingdon Song Book 190. O young mariner, you from the haven

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The Abingdon Song Book‎#190

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Text:	O Young Mariner
Author:	Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892
Tune:	SUNDOWN
Composer:	John H. Gower, 1855-1922

1 O young mariner, you from the haven
Under the sea-cliff, you who are watching
Broader and brighter the Gleam flying onward,
So to the land’s last limit I came,
There on the border of boundless ocean,
And all but in heaven, hovers the Gleam.

2 Not of the sunlight, not of the moonlight,
Not of the starlight, O young mariner,
Down to the haven call your companions,
Launch your vessel, and crowd your canvas,
And, ere it vanishes over the margin,
After it, follow it, follow the Gleam.

Amen.