“From rocks and sands and barren lands kind fortune set me free. And from great guns and women’s tongues Good Lord deliver me!” 18th Century Sailors Motto, often used as a brief prayer before battle, similar to “For what we are about to receive, may we be truly grateful”
“From rocks and sands and barren lands kind fortune set me free. And from great guns and women’s tongues Good Lord deliver me!” 18th Century Sailors Motto, often used as a brief prayer before battle, similar to “For what we are about to receive, may we be truly grateful”