Posted: 10/02/22

Sunset 15 January - Peter Robinson

VIGIL FOR THE NINETY FOUR

 

Eternal father, strong to save

As I watched o’er Humber’s wave

Who made the mighty ocean deep

Its own appointed limits keep

Oh hear us when we cry to thee

For those in peril on the sea

 

In Fifty Two, one Thursday morn

Another child of Hull was born

You raised me, fed me, taught me school

O Latin verbs and Golden Rule

My granny once served Tom Courten’y

Have I been good enough for thee?

 

O Trinity of love and power

Where were you in danger’s hour?

In Sixty Eight and Seventy Four

We lost three boats and then one more

One man survived, so achingly

Have I been good enough for thee?

 

And so after three score and ten

I’m knocking on Hull’s door again

O’er Whitefr’gate, Robinson Row

Swirling in the mist below

O Gaul, O Hull, O God tell me

Have I been good enough for Thee?