the life-voyage.
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"Be ours the gem! and safely launch'd
Upon a summer sea,
Where never cloud may frown in heaven,
Thy pinnace light shall be!"
Upon a summer sea,
Where never cloud may frown in heaven,
Thy pinnace light shall be!"
But still she smiled a fearless smile,
And raised her trusting eyes,
And cried "I bear my talisman
Home, home to yonder skies!"
And raised her trusting eyes,
And cried "I bear my talisman
Home, home to yonder skies!"
And safe through all that blinding storm
The true bark floated on,
And soft its pearl-illumined prow
Through all the tumult shone!
The true bark floated on,
And soft its pearl-illumined prow
Through all the tumult shone!
An angel, guided through the clouds
By that most precious light,
Flew down the fairy helm to take,
And steer the boat aright.
By that most precious light,
Flew down the fairy helm to take,
And steer the boat aright.
Then died the storm upon the sea!
High dash'd the diamond spray,
And merrily leaping light and free,
The shallop sail'd away.
High dash'd the diamond spray,
And merrily leaping light and free,
The shallop sail'd away.
