![]() There’s the old sea welcome waiting there for you.” So you win the Golden Harbour, in the old way, Or with fame, the happy fortune of the few ? ” Did you voyage all unspoken, small and lonely ? Over all the silken pennons float and shine. Hear the silver trumpets calling, in the old way ! See the sober grey is shining like the Tudor green and gold !Īnd the waiting jibs are hoisted, in the old way,Īs the guns begin to thunder down the line They have climbed the last horizon, they are standing in from sea,Īnd the Pilot makes the Haven where a ship is glad to be:Ĭomes at last the glorious greeting, strangely new and ages old, Where the breezes murmur softly and there’s peace for evermore. ![]() Where a gallant ship may anchor when her fighting days are done,įree from tempest, rock and battle, toil and tumult safely o’er, There’s a wondrous Golden Harbour, far beyond the setting sun, How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water To be so still that way When that which drew from out the boundless deepįor tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place Go down to the Sea once more, Old Sailor.īut riding the waves, and tasting the brine. There are other eyes watching her coming,Īnd other voices ready to take up the glad shout Her diminished size is in me, not in her. Load of living freight to her destined port. Sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean.Īnd spar as she was when she left my side Whichever way you choose to pay tribute to a sailor who’s passed away we are confident that one of these funeral poems will express your feelings in the most fitting way. The funeral poems for sailors we’ve compiled here do a great job of sharing those experiences and are perfectly suited for a eulogy or reading. It can help to remember the good memories you have of them or reflect on the deceased’s life. They might be sailors, fishermen, in the Navy or just people who enjoy the open water.īut if you’re attending or arranging the funeral for someone who matches that description it can be difficult to find appropriate readings or material for their service.Ī funeral poem is a great way to respectfully pay tribute to someone at their funeral. There are some people who are drawn to the sea.
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