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 THE LAST CHANTEY

' And there was no more sea.'

said The Lord in the Vault above the Cherubim,

Calling to the Angels and the Souls in their degree:

'Lo! Earth has passed away

On the smoke of Judgment Day.

That Our word may be established shall We gather up the sea?'

Loud sang the souls of the jolly, jolly mariners:

'Plague upon the hurricane that made us furl and flee!

But the war is done between us,

In the deep the Lord hath seen us—

Our bones we'll leave the barracout', and God may sink the sea!'

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