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 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. 
 We have ploughed the vast ocean in a fragile bark.
 [Lat., Nos fragili vastum ligno sulcavimus aequor.]  
 We have ploughed the vast ocean in a fragile bark.
 [Lat., Nos fragili vastum ligno sulcavimus aequor.] 
 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. 
 A wet sheet and a flowing sea,
 A wind that follows fast
  And fills the white and read more 
 A wet sheet and a flowing sea,
 A wind that follows fast
  And fills the white and rustling sails,
   And bends the gallant mast!
    And bends the gallant mast, my boys,
     While, like the eagle free,
      Away the good ship flies, and leaves
       Old England in the lee. 
 How Bishop Aiden foretold to certain seamen a storm that would 
happen, and gave them some holy oil to read more 
 How Bishop Aiden foretold to certain seamen a storm that would 
happen, and gave them some holy oil to lay it. 
 Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it 
that the winds, slipping the read more 
 Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it 
that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force, nor cause 
any waves? 
 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. 
 Though pleas'd to see the dolphins play,
 I mind my compass and my way.  
 Though pleas'd to see the dolphins play,
 I mind my compass and my way. 
 Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam,
 Where the shrill winds whistle free.  
 Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam,
 Where the shrill winds whistle free.