Never again will he quit your side!

Miserere

Our God in Heaven! Were it not for Thee,

We could go down to die as to a feast

Spread on the grey floor of mine host, the Sea,—

We could die out contented then, at least,

A smile on ev’n our never-smiling lips,

Dreaming of songs and splendours on sunk ships,—

But by Thy Majesty, ah, what are we?