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Matilda Betham

Whilst zephyr sooths the angry waves
  Of Ocean into rest,
Each vessel is in safety borne,
  And every pilot blest.

But he indeed demands our praise,
  Who stems the tempest’s force,
And midst the ire of hostile waves,
  Pursues his destin’d course.

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From Elegies and Other Small Poems | 1794

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