Lyrics of joy / by Frank Dempster Sherman [electronic text]
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Lyrics of joy / by Frank Dempster Sherman [electronic text]
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Sherman, Frank Dempster, 1860-1916
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Boston, Mass.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
1904
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HARRO
THIS is brave Harro's story,Harro who watched the sea:To his renown I set it down As it was told to me.
Back from the reef-caught vesselCame Harro's comrades four,And with them ten half-perished menSafe landed on the shore.
"And are these all?" asked Harro.Answered the sailors brave:"Nay. One lashed high we left to die,And find an ocean grave."
Cried Harro: "Who goes with meTo rescue him, the last,Alive or dead? Shall it be saidWe left one on the mast?"
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Spoke up his gray-haired mother:"Oh, Harro boy, my son,Go not, I pray! 'T is death they say,And there is only one!
"Father and brother UweThe cruel sea hath slain.My last art thou. Good Harro, nowLet me not plead in vain!"
Answered brave Harro: "Mother,Who knows, perchance for himUnder the skies a mother's eyesTo-day with tears grow dim.
"Farewell! God watches overThe fields of flying foam,And He shall keep us on the deep,And safely bring us home."
Wild was the storm-swept ocean,And like a fragile leafThe lifeboat tossed long ere it crossedUnto the distant reef.
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Wild was the sea, and madlyEver the tempest blew,While down the track came Harro backWith one beside the crew.
Hard to the oars his comradesBent in the shrieking gale;And Harro cried, when land he spied,"Thank God, we shall not fail!"
And when he saw his motherPacing the shore in tears,Loud over all the storm his callBrought gladness to her ears.
Over and over he shouted,And high his cap he waved:"God gives thee joy! God sends thy boy!'T is Uwe we have saved!"
Such is brave Harro's story,Harro who watched the sea:To his renown I set it down As it was told to me.
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