LEAGUES from the light by the harbor side Is the good ship, fast on a sandy shoal, Waiting the wind and the morning tide To spurn the bar for her distant goal; Ah! when the strong waves left her keel, The sails will be wings, the timbers steel. So voyagers over life's rough sea, In darkness cast on shoal or shore, Wait for some tide of sympathy To bear them out to the deep once more — Some blessed wind of cheer to blow; Some guiding light of love to glow. Let us be light and wind and tide For those awreck on its chartless main! — Giving anew the hope that died; Speeding them still their port to gain; For oh! God's mariner is he Who helps the storm-tossed brave the sea! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN MEMORIAM: W.G. WARD by ALFRED TENNYSON PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 80, 81. GHAFOOR, MUNTAKIM by EDWIN ARNOLD WASTED FOUNTAINS by ANNE CHARLOTTE LYNCH BOTTA THE ROCK OF LIBERTY; A PILGRIM ODE, 1620-1920: 2. STRUGGLE by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN ON THE AUTHOR'S BIRTHDAY by ISAAC HAWKINS BROWNE ASOLANDO: PONT DELL' ANGELO, VENICE by ROBERT BROWNING HOME, SWEET HOME WITH VARIATIONS: 2. ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER |