Compass Island (AG 153) - Naval Cruise Book

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wt wh ' Q' ' it Q . 5 5 its not Suomi Whose threat that from the fires roar, is like living doubt, That any minute would with scorn, escape and crush you out. Where turbines scream like tortured souls, alone and lost in hell, As ordered from above somewhere, they answer every bell. The men who keep the fires lit, and make the engines run, Are strangers to the world of night, and seldom see the sun.