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From the wheel and the drift of Things Deliver us, good Lord; And we will meet the wrath of kings, The faggot, and the sword.

Lay not Thy toil before our eyes, Nor vex us with Thy wars, Lest we should feel the straining skies O'ertrod by trampling stars.

A veil 'twixt us and Thee, dread Lord, A veil 'twixt us and Thee: Lest we should hear too clear, too clear, And unto madness see! .

Brothers of the Trinity order that none unconnected with their service shall be found in or on one of their Lights during the hours of darkness; but their servants can be made to think otherwise. If you are fair-spoken and take an interest in their duties, they will allow you to sit with them through the long night and help to scare the ships into mid-channel.

Of the English south-coast Lights, that of St. Cecilia-under-the-Cliff is the most powerful, for it guards a very foggy coast. When the sea-mist veils all, St. Cecilia turns a hooded head to the sea and sings a song of two words once every minute. From