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Voyaging

Here ye have reached at the end of the day,
Over the opal and emerald bay,
Half of it breakers and half of it beams,
The harbour of dreams.
Each of ye saw, as ye sailed to the port,
Dolphins at tumble and seabirds at sport;
Now shall ye rest, and shall drop in the deep
The anchor of sleep.
Then when the sunbeams are gay on the boat,
Up, my adventurers, farther to float!
Crowd on your mast, if ye cruise for delight,
The canvas of flight.