The loud swung pendulum
Observes your minutes
Your hours, your days
Your lifetimes of reading
Otherwise silence
Except for wind & wave
Rant and rave of sailors
And fishermen's memorabilia
Tales of extraordinary confidence
You are a believer, are you not
Alone here in this overdue place
Of historic grace and personal doom
Time then to take up the call to arms
In the farms for unusual naval ratings
We are waiting for you to enlist
In the whist drive reading room
