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SAIL EAST, SAIL WEST by HELEN MARIA HUNT FISKE JACKSON

First Line: SAIL EAST, SAIL WEST, O WANDERER
Last Line: TO STAY WITH CHILDREN ROUND HER KNEE.
Subject(s): MOTHERS;
SAIL east, sail west, O wanderer,
In east, in west, you cannot see
Such suns as rise and set in these
Four little faces round my knee.

Sail east, sail west, dear wanderer!
God cares for you and cares for me;
He knows for which of us 'twas best
To stay with children round her knee.



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