And grow familiar with the watery way:

Young though they be, they feel whose sons they are,

They know what British seamen do and dare;

Proud of that fame, they raise and they enjoy

The rustic wonder of the village-boy.

Before you bid these busy scenes adieu,

Behold the wealth that lies in public view,

Those far extended heaps of coal and coke,

Where fresh-fill’d lime-kilns breathe their stifling smoke.

This shall pass off, and you behold, instead,