United States Naval Academy - Lucky Bag Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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WiBBiBtiiTi ! thcL| growl and the work be retarded? j It is ill, speak, whatever their rank; Ghe half-loaded gun also shouteth, t jBut can she pierce armor with blank? »iTOll«vJIT i» i lou nearest promotion, And the peak that is gilded is nigh, Give heed to thy words and thine actions, jCest others be wearied thereby. ' Doth the funnels make war with the paintwork? I ' Do the decks to the cannon complain? Tlay, they know that some soap or a scraper I Unites them as brothers again. It is ill for the winners to worru, tjake thy fate as it comes with a smile, And when thou art safe in the harbour ' Ghc . will envy, but may not revile. rfiRtxiMi ' Do your growl with a smile on your lip, £est ye strive and in anger be parted, ■ And lessen the might of your ship. Uncharted the rocks that surround thee, Gake heed that the channels thou learn, £est thy name serve to buoy for another Ghat shoal, the Courts-O?artial Iveturn. ' Dost think, in a moment of anq er, ' Gis well with thy seniors to fight? Ghey prosper, who burn in the morning, Ghe letters they wrote over-night. Ghouc h Armour, the belt that protects her, Ghe ship bears the scar on her side; It is well if the court accjuit thee; It were best hadst thou never been tried. Tor some there be, shelved and forgotten. With nothing to thank for their fate, Save that (on a half-sheet of foolscap), IDhich a fool ' Bad the honor to state— •Tlow these are the Caws of the ' TJavy, Unwritten and varied they be; And he that is wise will observe them, Goinc down in his ship to the sea. Dost deem that thy vessel needs gilding, And the dockyard forbear to supply; pPlace thy hand in thy pocket and gild her. ' Ghere be those who have risen thereby. As the wave rises clear to the hawse pipe, U)ashes aft, and is lost in the wake. So shall ye drop astern, all unheeded, Such time as the law ye forsake. ■fairway be crowded with shipping, T5eatinc homeward the harbour to win, t is meet that, lest ann should suffer, ,Ghe steamers pass cautiously in. How these are the £aws of the Tlavy And many and mighty are they. ' But the hull and the deck and the keel And the truck of the law is — O ' BE ' i ' .

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T • - % DONALD GROTE ISELIN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ANSEL CLINTON BRASETH BUSINESS MANAGER