Time & Brevity
On this wondrous sea
Time & Brevity
On this wondrous sea,
Sailing silently,
Ho! pilot, ho!
Knowest thou the shore
Where no breakers roar,
Where the storm is o'er?
In the silent west
Many sails at rest,
Their anchors fast;
Thither I pilot thee, --
Land, ho! Eternity!
Ashore at last!
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “On this wondrous sea.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/445/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “On this wondrous sea.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/445/.
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