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To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
 The wind is awake, pretty leave, pretty leaves,
 Heed not what he says, he deceives, he deceives;
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 The wind is awake, pretty leave, pretty leaves,
 Heed not what he says, he deceives, he deceives;
  Over and over
   To the lowly clover
    He has lisped the same love (and forgotten it, too).
     He will be lisping and pledging to you. 
 A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
 [A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]  
 A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
 [A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.] 
 As winds come whispering lightly from the West,
 Kissing, not ruffling, the blue deep's serene.  
 As winds come whispering lightly from the West,
 Kissing, not ruffling, the blue deep's serene. 
 Perhaps the wind
 Wails so in winter for the summer's dead,
  And all sad sounds are nature's read more 
 Perhaps the wind
 Wails so in winter for the summer's dead,
  And all sad sounds are nature's funeral cries
   For what has been and is not. 
 A breeze came wandering from the sky,
 Light as the whispers of a dream;
  He put the read more 
 A breeze came wandering from the sky,
 Light as the whispers of a dream;
  He put the o'erhanging grasses by,
   And softly stooped to kiss the stream,
    The pretty stream, the flattered stream,
     The shy, yet unreluctant stream. 
 Chill airs and wintry winds! my ear
 Has grown familiar with your song;
  I hear it in read more 
 Chill airs and wintry winds! my ear
 Has grown familiar with your song;
  I hear it in the opening year,
   I listen, and it cheers me long. 
 When the stormy winds do blow;
 When the battle rages loud and long,
  And the stormy winds read more 
 When the stormy winds do blow;
 When the battle rages loud and long,
  And the stormy winds do blow. 
 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; 
thou art clothed with honour read more 
 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; 
thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretches 
out the heavens like a curtain:
  Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh 
the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
   Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
    Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be 
removed for ever.