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Rh And where the broad La Plata rolls Rich tribute to the sea.

I've climbed the shroud when storms blew loud, And every star was dead, And winter in the midnight cloud Had muffled up her head; I've seen our good ship go to wreck, For such was heaven's decree, And in an open boat have dar'd   The raging of the sea.

Yet still that Pilot, who the helm Of this round world doth guide, Preserved me, when the jaws of death Were yawning dark and wide; Though when the blast was safely past, Too oft in thoughtless glee My hard, ungrateful heart forgot The Ruler of the sea.

But oft my mother's image comes So pitiful and meek,