30 <br /> <br />Adrift! A little boat adrift! <br />And night is coming down! <br />Will no one guide a little boat <br />Unto the nearest town? <br /> <br />So Sailors say—on yesterday— <br />Just as the dusk was brown <br />One little boat gave up its strife <br />And gurgled down and down. <br /> <br />So angels say—on yesterday— <br />Just as the dawn was red <br />One little boat—o'erspent with gales— <br />Retrimmed its masts—redecked its sails— <br />And shot—exultant on!<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/adrift-a-little-boat-adrift/
