Poem “The Gulf Stream” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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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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