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 Thus, I steer my bark, and sail
 On even keel, with gentle gale.  
 Thus, I steer my bark, and sail
 On even keel, with gentle gale. 
 O pilot! 'tis a fearful night,
 There's danger on the deep.  
 O pilot! 'tis a fearful night,
 There's danger on the deep. 
 For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft
 To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.  
 For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft
 To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. 
Thus far we run before the wind.
Thus far we run before the wind.
 There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft,
 To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.  
 There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft,
 To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. 
 And that all seas are made calme and still with oile; and 
therefore the Divers under the water doe read more 
 And that all seas are made calme and still with oile; and 
therefore the Divers under the water doe spirt and sprinkle it 
abroad with their mouthes because it dulceth and allaieth the 
unpleasant nature thereof, and carrieth a light with it. 
 Ye gentlemen of England
 That live at home at ease,
  Ah! little do you think upon
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 Ye gentlemen of England
 That live at home at ease,
  Ah! little do you think upon
   The dangers of the seas. 
 --They write here one Cornelius--Son
 Hath made the Hollanders an invisible eel
  To swim the haven at read more 
 --They write here one Cornelius--Son
 Hath made the Hollanders an invisible eel
  To swim the haven at Dunkirk, and sink all
   The shipping there.
    --But how is't done?
     --I'll show you, sir.
      It is automa, runs under water
       With a snug nose, and has a nimble tail
        Made like an auger, with which tail she wriggles
         Betwixt the costs of a ship and sinks it straight. 
 And as great seamen, using all their wealth
 And skills in Neptune's deep invisible paths,
  In tall read more 
 And as great seamen, using all their wealth
 And skills in Neptune's deep invisible paths,
  In tall ships richly built and ribbed with brass,
   To put a girdle round about the world.