Still in the current the strong oars quiver
In changing rapids the light boats roll,
Quiet is Nile, but on life’s broad river
Still puts forth the ship of the soul.
In changing rapids the light boats roll,
Quiet is Nile, but on life’s broad river
Still puts forth the ship of the soul.
3
Ship after ship puts into harbour,
Little bright towns by the riverside,
And there is joy and feasting and dancing
And fair glad maidens starry-eyed,
One by one do the ships drop anchor,
One by one in the roads they lie,
Each one comes to his own home harbour,
Every one but you and I.
Ship after ship puts into harbour,
Little bright towns by the riverside,
And there is joy and feasting and dancing
And fair glad maidens starry-eyed,
One by one do the ships drop anchor,
One by one in the roads they lie,
Each one comes to his own home harbour,
Every one but you and I.
4
Why can we not stay? we that are wanting
Nothing more than the others are,
A wife by the fire and a hearth to warm us,
Anchorage safe in the harbour far.
But in the midst of feasting and loving,
Soft as the touch of a wizard’s wand,
The wind and the sound of the water call us,
“Come, there are better things beyond.”
Why can we not stay? we that are wanting
Nothing more than the others are,
A wife by the fire and a hearth to warm us,
Anchorage safe in the harbour far.
But in the midst of feasting and loving,
Soft as the touch of a wizard’s wand,
The wind and the sound of the water call us,
“Come, there are better things beyond.”
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