Happy Catholic*: Carmen Navale - Think of Christ and echo him

Happy Catholic*: Carmen Navale - Think of Christ and echo him: 

POEM

With sweat and blood and Blackwood pine

We laid her keel and faired her lines

Heave, lads, and let the echoes ring

With her keel tight-caulked she swims right well

Let torrents fall and wild gusts swell

Heave, lads, and let the echoes ring

The tempests howl, the storms dismay

But manly strength can win the day

Heave, lads, and let the echoes ring

For clouds and squalls will soon pass on

And victory lies with work well done

Heave, lads, and let the echoes ring

Hold fast! Survive! And all is well

You've suffered worse, He'll calm this swell

Heave, lads, and let the echoes ring

Satan acts to tire the brain

And by temptation souls are slain

Think, lads, of Christ and echo Him

With fixed resolve we scorn the foe

With virtues armed we pray and row

Think, lads, of Christ and echo Him

The king of virtues vowed a prize

For him who wins, for him who tries

Think, lads, of Christ and echo Him