Light in the darkness, sailor, day is at hand!
See o’er the foaming billows fair Haven’s land,
Drear was the voyage, sailor, now almost o’er,
Safe within the life-boat, sailor, pull for the shore.
Chorus
Pull for the shore, sailor, pull for the shore!
Heed not the rolling waves, but bend to the oar;
Safe in the life-boat, sailor, cling to self no more!
Leave the poor old stranded wreck, and pull for the shore.
Trust in the life-boat, sailor, all else will fail,
Stronger the surges dash, and fiercer the gale,
Heed not the stormy winds, though loudly they roar;
Watch the « bright morning star, » and pull for the shore. [Chorus]
Bright gleams the morning, sailor, up lift the eye;
Clouds and darkness disappearing, glory is nigh!
Safe in the life-boat, sailor, sing evermore;
« Glory, glory, hallelujah! » pull for the shore.
