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IV. TIME AND ETERNITY - VII. SETTING SAIL

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TIME AND ETERNITY: VII. SETTING SAIL

Exultation is the going
Of an inland soul to sea, --
Past the houses, past the headlands,
Into deep eternity!

Bred as we, among the mountains,
Can the sailor understand
The divine intoxication
Of the first league out from land?













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