The Poems of Sidney Lanier by Sidney Lanier
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page 174 of 312 (55%)
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From the crest and from the trough;
Heartsease, on the heartache sea God, thy God, will pilot thee. Mayflower, Ship of Faith's best Hope! Thou art sure if all men grope; Mayflower, Ship of Hope's best Faith! All is true the great God saith; Mayflower, Ship of Charity! Love is Lord of land and sea. Oh, with love and love's best care Thy large godly freightage bear -- Godly Hearts that, Grails of gold, Still the blood of Faith do hold. Now bold Massachusetts clear Cuts the rounding of the sphere. `Out the anchor, sail no more, Lay us by the Future's shore -- Not the shore we sought, 'tis true, But the time is come to do. Leap, dear Standish, leap and wade; Bradford, Hopkins, Tilley, wade: Leap and wade ashore and kneel -- God be praised that steered the keel! Home is good and soft is rest, Even in this jagged West: Freedom lives, and Right shall stand; Blood of Faith is in the land.' |
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