the life-voyage.
213
She walk'd in light!—'twas all her wealth—
That pearl, whose lustrous glow
Made her white forehead dazzling fair,
And pure as sunlit snow.
That pearl, whose lustrous glow
Made her white forehead dazzling fair,
And pure as sunlit snow.
Her parents died! With tears she cried,
"God will my father be!"
Then launch'd alone her shallop light,
And bravely put to sea.
"God will my father be!"
Then launch'd alone her shallop light,
And bravely put to sea.
The sail she set was virgin-white,
As inmost lily leaf,
And angels whisper'd her from Heaven,
To loose it or to reef.
As inmost lily leaf,
And angels whisper'd her from Heaven,
To loose it or to reef.
And ever on the dancing prow
One glorious brilliant burn'd,
By whose clear ray she read her way,
And every danger learn'd:
One glorious brilliant burn'd,
By whose clear ray she read her way,
And every danger learn'd:
For she had hung her treasure there,
Her heaven-illumined pearl!
And so she steer'd her lonely bark,
That fair and guileless girl!
Her heaven-illumined pearl!
And so she steer'd her lonely bark,
That fair and guileless girl!
