The Watchtower

Grey, Gaunt and crumbling with age,

Upon The Greenland Sward,

Stands the pilot's Watchtower

A sentinel and guard.

Where are the watchmen:

Who around the tower have stood,

Some are on the deep dark Sea

Home sailing in the flood.

Some beyond the pale have gone

Where all good seamen go.

Where the Master Pilot watching

Guides the mariner below.

The old tower still is standing,

Through the Storm and the Spray

And the Pilot he is watching,

For a green light on the Bay.

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