BOOKS & AUTHORS.
POETRY.
THE VOYAGE.
Out, out upon tho -sea wo sail To brave the tempest and the gale, To seek some golden shore afar, Where Fortune aiid her favours are. By some tho harbour ne'er is won Despite the journey well begun, The storm besets and ruin lies Where yesterday were fairest skies. ■--Tv"" ••-'-.'■:£• ■---.-£-"■■■ -i-!-Va&<.%?g i n il j£#fy For others, blest with kindlier winds, The speedy ship the harbour finds— i A haven safe where all do well I And Fortune stands as sentinel. For me, my craft i? sailing on, Through mists to-day, clear sea anon. Whate'er the final harbour be ] 'Tis good to sail upon the sea! — Biakonoy Gray, in "Munsey's Magazine. ' '
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 8 March 1909, Page 1
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