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Caroline Atherton Mason (18231890)
The Voyage
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Some heart is glad to have it so;
Then blow it east or blow it west,
The wind that blows, that wind is best.
A thousand fleets from every zone
Are out upon a thousand seas;
And what for me were favoring breeze
Might dash another, with the shock
Of doom, upon some hidden rock.
For winds to waft me on my way,
But leave it to a Higher Will
To stay or speed me; trusting still
That all is well, and sure that He
Who launched my bark will sail with me
Through storm and calm, and will not fail,
Whatever breezes may prevail,
To land me, every peril past,
Within his sheltering heaven at last.
My heart is glad to have it so;
And blow it east or blow it west,
The wind that blows, that wind is best.