Manatee (AO 58) - Naval Cruise Book

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NIGHT WATCH [ feel the calmest gentle breeze, ■ Momadi( houghts drift endlessly From sid kk, with rolling efl The shi Bn contentedly H Toni Hian ' s M Di pre to glass H T H ess unbrok l A y Berous word is sp Aju ie v telltale token wm I Bv Pleft we pass. B ! H insight on this cool d H BeanVominates. H n itself has no idea | ■ 1 c which she crea ? iX, ' J H |H|HftKil H e 1 can meditat Bu B come clear to n lHft H; Hpnder on the past, ' • ' k Rc j Hhat ahead may be. 4 ■i Bsea empowers nf Ks Kand collectively. ratcOne world roll by. This moment ' s mixed with sadness And loneliness returns, But sadness stays not long with me Aj urvey the open sea, KiMfeear one waits for me Kv HI-ight light still burns. The eastern sky is growing bright, Glouds touched with pink and gray The solar sphere will soon appear To flout the magi c which is here And, too, the time is drawing near For night to fade away. The fiery globe breaks o ' er the sea, The lingering spell a memory. And now the sun shows half its fai The boatswain ' s pipe blows reveilli The sleeping crew stirs back to li As darkness yields to day. I wonder if others know of The closeness felt to God above. The solitude and heartfelt love When dark falls on the sea. —Tom Roseberry, USN USS TAYLOR (DD 4(i«i