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happy daze john in oz
THEN AND NOW
There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood leads on the fortune,
Omitted all the voyages of their lives is bound in shallows and in misery,
On such a tide are we now afloat,
And we must take the tide or lose the venture
Then when the time is due, and before the pearly gates of heaven, faced by the Saints, name roll in hand and they do ask of you, what manner of man were you on Earth?
You can, with chest puffed out and head held high, say in all confidence that ‘I was part of the greatest fleet that ever sailed, I WAS PART OF THE BRITISH MERCHANT NAVY.