Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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THE TWO SHIPS. |
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THE TWO SHIPS.
Lo! two ships on one shining sea,—
One bears it on right gallantly:
A breezy current this impels,
The streamer waves—the white sail swells:
Another near it doth remain,
As though 'twere bound by secret chain:
No current aids it on its course—
It hath no motion, and no force:—
One bears it on right gallantly:
A breezy current this impels,
The streamer waves—the white sail swells:
Another near it doth remain,
As though 'twere bound by secret chain:
No current aids it on its course—
It hath no motion, and no force:—
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And is it not even so on earth?
One heart is buoyed by joy and mirth,
The while another, darkly near,
Is bound by sorrow, or by fear,
Like two ships on one shining sea,—
One saileth on right merrily;
Another sleepeth on the main,
As though 'twere thralled by secret chain!
One heart is buoyed by joy and mirth,
The while another, darkly near,
Is bound by sorrow, or by fear,
Like two ships on one shining sea,—
One saileth on right merrily;
Another sleepeth on the main,
As though 'twere thralled by secret chain!
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