And drive the treenails free;

Nor faithless joint nor yawning seam

Shall tempt the searching sea!

Where’er the keel of our good ship

The sea’s rough field shall plough;

Where’er her tossing spars shall drip

With salt-spray caught below;

That ship must heed her master’s beck,

Her helm obey his hand,

And seamen tread her reeling deck