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O, speed thee! speed thee! gallant bark, / Across the bounding wave; / Thou bearest to old Britain's shores, / The Champion of the slave.
Propitious breezes waft thee on, / Safe o'er Atlantic's sea; / For many a heart with fervor sends / A benizon to thee.
And he who fears not to commit / His body to thy care, / Fears not to brave the winds and waves, / Knowing that God is there.
He goes to raise the standard high, / And freedom's flag unfurl, / And to proclaim the rallying cry / Of freedom to the world.
Then swift and steady be thy flight, / Across the briny wave; / And safely bear, O noble bark, / The Champion of the slave.