I stood on the shore beside the sea;
The wind from the west blew fresh and free,
While past the rocks at the harbor mouth
The ships went north and the ships went south,
And some sailed out on an unknown quest,
And some sailed in to the harbor's rest,
Yet ever the wind blew out of the west.
I said to one who had sailed the sea
That this was a marvel unto me;
For how can the ships go safely forth,
Far out to sea on their golden quest,
Or into the harbor's calm and rest,
And ever the wind blow out of the west?
The sailor smiled as he answered me,
"Go where you will when you're on the sea,
Though head winds baffle and plans delay,
You can keep the course by night and day,
Drive with the breeze or against the gale;
It will not matter what winds prevail,
For all depends on the set of the sail."
Voyager soul on the sea of life,
O'er waves of sorrow and sin and strife,
When fogs bewilder and foes betray,
Steer straight on your course from day to day;
Though unseen currents run deep and swift
Where rocks are hidden and sandbars shift,
All helpless and aimless, you need not drift.
Oh, set your sail to the heavenly gale
And then no matter what winds prevail,
No reef shall wreck you, no calm delay:
No mist shall hinder, no storm shall stay;
Though far you wander and long you roam
Through salt sea-spray and o'er white sea foam,
No wind that can blow but shall speed you home.
* * * A QMS Deezyne * * *