The Gulf Stream
Skilled mariner, and counted sane and wise, That was a curious thing which chanced to me, So good a sailor on so fair a sea. With favouring winds and blue unshadowed skies, Led by the faithful beacon of Love's eyes, Past reef and shoal, my life-boat bounded free And fearless of all changes that might be Under calm waves, where many a sunk rock lies. A golden dawn; yet suddenly my barque Strained at the sails, as in a cyclone's blast; And battled with an unseen current's force, For we had entered when the night was dark That old tempestuous Gulf Stream of the Past. But for love's eyes, I had not kept the course.
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