by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
On this wondrous sea
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Language: English
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!
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Poems by Emily Dickinson. Third Series, ed by Mabel Loomis Todd, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896.
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), "Eternity", appears in Poems: Third Series, in 4. Time and Eternity, no. 59, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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